actrice

\ak.tʁis\

/\ak.tʁis\/ noun

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The verdict

“actrice” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,177. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,177
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui agit, qui intervient dans un processus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-actrice · actrice · French

actrice · rank #3,177 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,177
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH éditions

Nearest frequency peer: éditions (-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 « actrice »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « actrice » 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).

actrice vs atroce
71% similar
actrice vs avarice
71% similar
actrice vs autrice
86% similar

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

Key facts for actrice
PropertyValue
Headwordactrice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ak.tʁis\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,177
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « actrice »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.actricese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « éditions » (#3,176), « with » (#3,175), « aimez » (#3,179). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « actrice » est au #3,177. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around actrice (IPA \ak.tʁis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,177 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for actrice, with forms such as "acctrice", "acrtice", and "actirce". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "atroce", "avarice", "autrice", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is actrice, spelled A-C-T-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui agit, qui intervient dans un processus.
  2. 2
    Celle qui joue un personnage, un rôle dans un spectacle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et si c’était la preuve que la France est bien en train de devenir, au plus profond d’elle-même, actrice du changement ?
  2. Les débutants, les bas-bleus, les actrices qui commencent et celles qui finissent leur carrière, auteurs et libraires caressent ou choyent ces plumes à tout faire.

Synonyms

agenteinstigatricecomédiennetragédienne

This word in other languages

actress(English)actriz(Español)Akteurin(Deutsch)atriz(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acctrice
  • acrtice
  • actirce
  • actrcie
  • actricce
  • actriec
  • actrrice
  • acttrice
  • atcrice
  • catrice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of actrice - 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.

acctrice1acrtice2actirce2actrcie2actricce1actriec2actrrice1acttrice1
Edit distance from "actrice"

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 "actrice"?
"actrice" is spelled A-C-T-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ak.tʁis\.
What does "actrice" mean?
As a noun, "actrice" means: Celle qui agit, qui intervient dans un processus.
What words are commonly confused with "actrice"?
"actrice" is commonly confused with "atroce", "avarice", "autrice". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "actrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "actrice" is \ak.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "actrice" come from?
"actrice" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

balance#3,183charlie#3,186sachant#3,168comédie#3,188

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

richesse10 variantscroient10 variantsramener10 variantsdegrés10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list