Alligator
\aliˈɡaːtoːɐ̯\
The verdict
“Alligator” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,130. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,130
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alligator.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alligator · Alligator · French
Alligator · rank #38,130 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,130
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH algébrique
Nearest frequency peer: algébrique (-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 « Alligator »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- alcoolisée
alcoolisée
61,874 corpus weight
- alert
alert
61,873 corpus weight
- algébrique
algébrique
61,872 corpus weight
- Alligator
Alligator
61,871 corpus weight
- amatrice
amatrice
61,870 corpus weight
- ambulancier
ambulancier
61,869 corpus weight
What this shows « Alligator » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alligator |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aliˈɡaːtoːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #38,130 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Alligator »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Alligator (IPA \aliˈɡaːtoːɐ̯\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,130 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alligator.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Alligator, with forms such as "aligator", "alilgator", and "allgiator". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Alligator, spelled A-L-L-I-G-A-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Alligator.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aligator
- alilgator
- allgiator
- alliagtor
- alligaotr
- alligatorr
- alligatro
- alligattor
- alliggator
- alligtaor
- laligator
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Alligator - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).