alizé
\a.li.ze\
The verdict
“alizé” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,320. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,320
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualifie certains vents qui règnent entre les deux tropiques et qui soufflent de l’est à l’ouest.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alize · alizé · French
alizé · rank #48,320 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,320
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 424,905
- PHOTO-FINISH Alina
Nearest frequency peer: Alina (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “alizé”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- algarve
algarve
51,684 corpus weight
- Alhambra
Alhambra
51,683 corpus weight
- Alina
Alina
51,682 corpus weight
- alizé
alizé
51,681 corpus weight
- amendée
amendée
51,679 corpus weight
- Amiel
Amiel
51,678 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “alizé” sits against the nearest ranked French 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 | alizé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.li.ze\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #48,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alizé” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around alizé (IPA \a.li.ze\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,320 among 424,905 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qualifie certains vents qui règnent entre les deux tropiques et qui soufflent de l’est à l’ouest.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for alizé, with forms such as "ailzé", "alize", and "alizzé". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "amie", "allé", "Asie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is alizé, spelled A-L-I-Z-É.
Definition
- 1Qualifie certains vents qui règnent entre les deux tropiques et qui soufflent de l’est à l’ouest.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how alizé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je compte me servir des vents alizés, dont la direction est constante.
Cette zone forestière correspond à la région humide des nuages qui ceignent les flancs du pic pendant la majeure partie de l'année et qui se dissipent généralement le soir pour reparaître peu après le lever du soleil. Leur formation est due aux vents alizés du nord-est qui, dans ces parages, règnent deux jours sur trois et soufflent presque sans interrupt…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ailzé
- alize
- alizzé
- aliéz
- allizé
- alzié
- laizé
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alizé - 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.
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.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alizé", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
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.