algue
\alɡ\
The verdict
“algue” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,338. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,338
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Végétal aquatique poussant sous l’eau (par opposition aux nénufars) pouvant appartenir à des groupes phylogénétiques très différents (polyphylétique) et capables de photosynthèse, donc autotrophes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-algue · algue · French
algue · rank #31,338 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,338
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH alimentant
Nearest frequency peer: alimentant (+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 « algue »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- adjonction
adjonction
68,668 corpus weight
- admirableme…
admirablement
68,666 corpus weight
- algue
algue
68,663 corpus weight
- alimentant
alimentant
68,662 corpus weight
- allient
allient
68,661 corpus weight
- ammoniac
ammoniac
68,659 corpus weight
What this shows « algue » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | algue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \alɡ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #31,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « algue »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around algue (IPA \alɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,338 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Végétal aquatique poussant sous l’eau (par opposition aux nénufars) pouvant appartenir à des groupes phylogénétiques très différents (polyphylétique) et capables de photosynthèse, donc autotrophes.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for algue, with forms such as "aglue", "algeu", and "alggue". 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, "alu", "allé", "ange", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is algue, spelled A-L-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Végétal aquatique poussant sous l’eau (par opposition aux nénufars) pouvant appartenir à des groupes phylogénétiques très différents (polyphylétique) et capables de photosynthèse, donc autotrophes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how algue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il croît beaucoup d’algues sur les rivages de l’océan.
Comme l’algue fugitive, Sur quelque sable de la rive la vague aura roulé mes os.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aglue
- algeu
- alggue
- allgue
- aluge
- lague
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of algue - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).