alcatraz
\al.ka.tʁaz\
The verdict
“alcatraz” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,316. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,316
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Oiseau de mer d’Amérique et des Indes, qui paraît être un pélican.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcatraz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \al.ka.tʁaz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #48,316 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alcatraz” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around alcatraz (IPA \al.ka.tʁaz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,316 among 424,905 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Oiseau de mer d’Amérique et des Indes, qui paraît être un pélican.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for alcatraz, with forms such as "aclatraz", "alactraz", and "alcartaz". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is alcatraz, spelled A-L-C-A-T-R-A-Z.
Definition
- 1Oiseau de mer d’Amérique et des Indes, qui paraît être un pélican.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclatraz
- alactraz
- alcartaz
- alcatarz
- alcatrazz
- alcatrraz
- alcatrza
- alcattraz
- alccatraz
- alctaraz
- allcatraz
- lacatraz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alcatraz - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “alcatraz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-L-C-A-T-R-A-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \al.ka.tʁaz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.