Açores

\a.sɔʁ\

/\a.sɔʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Açores” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,715. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,715
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Archipel appartenant au Portugal, situé au centre de l’océan Atlantique Nord, à environ 1,450 km à l’ouest de Lisbonne et 2,500 km à l'est-sud-est de Terre-Neuve.

Corpus desk

Index FR-acores · Açores · French

Açores · rank #36,715 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,715
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH axiomes

Nearest frequency peer: axiomes (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Açores »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Açores » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Açores vs acre
33% similar
Açores vs ares
50% similar
Açores vs après
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Açores
PropertyValue
HeadwordAçores
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.sɔʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,715
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Açores »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Açoresse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « axiomes » (#36,714), « Badinter » (#36,716), « avérées » (#36,713). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Açores » est au #36,715. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Açores (IPA \a.sɔʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,715 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Açores, with forms such as "acores", "aoçres", and "açoers". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "acre", "ares", "après", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Açores, spelled A-Ç-O-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Archipel appartenant au Portugal, situé au centre de l’océan Atlantique Nord, à environ 1,450 km à l’ouest de Lisbonne et 2,500 km à l'est-sud-est de Terre-Neuve.
  2. 2
    Région du Portugal.
  3. 3
    Sous-région du Portugal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Açores appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ils virent d’étranges aéronats qui volaient vers l’est, dans la direction des Açores.

This word in other languages

Azores(English)Azores(Español)Azoren(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acores
  • aoçres
  • açoers
  • açoress
  • açorres
  • açorse
  • açroes
  • çaores

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Açores - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acores1aoçres2açoers2açoress1açorres1açorse2açroes2çaores2
Edit distance from "Açores"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Açores"?
"Açores" is spelled A-Ç-O-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sɔʁ\.
What does "Açores" mean?
As a proper noun, "Açores" means: Archipel appartenant au Portugal, situé au centre de l’océan Atlantique Nord, à environ 1,450 km à l’ouest de Lisbonne et 2,500 km à l'est-sud-est de Terre-Neuve.
What words are commonly confused with "Açores"?
"Açores" is commonly confused with "acre", "ares", "après". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Açores"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Açores" is \a.sɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Açores" come from?
"Açores" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Açores", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

brigue8 variantsbuveur8 variantsébloui8 variantsVesoul8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list