fracture
/ˈfɹæk.tjə/
"fracture" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fracture” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,214. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,214
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fracture · fracture · English
fracture · rank #11,214 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,214
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH folding
Nearest frequency peer: folding (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “fracture”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fined
fined
88,790 corpus weight
- flora
flora
88,789 corpus weight
- folding
folding
88,788 corpus weight
- fracture
fracture
88,787 corpus weight
- Frances
Frances
88,786 corpus weight
- functionali…
functionality
88,785 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fracture” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fracture |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɹæk.tjə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fracture” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around fracture (IPA /ˈfɹæk.tjə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,214 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for fracture, with forms such as "farcture", "ffracture", and "fraccture". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fractured", "feature", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English fracture, from Old French fracture, from Latin frāctūra (“a breach, fracture, cleft”), from frangere (“to break”), past participle frāctus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-, whence also English break. See fraction. Doublet of … The correct English form is fracture, spelled F-R-A-C-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
- 2A break in bone or cartilage.
- 3A fault or crack in a rock.
Etymology
From Middle English fracture, from Old French fracture, from Latin frāctūra (“a breach, fracture, cleft”), from frangere (“to break”), past participle frāctus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-, whence also English break. See fraction. Doublet of fraktur.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- farcture
- ffracture
- fraccture
- fractrue
- fractture
- fractuer
- fracturre
- fracutre
- fratcure
- frcature
- frracture
- rfacture
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fracture - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fracture", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "fracture" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "fractured". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,214 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.