antivirus
\ɑ̃.ti.vi.ʁys\
The verdict
“antivirus” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,819. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,819
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui lutte contre les virus.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antivirus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ti.vi.ʁys\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,819 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “antivirus” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around antivirus (IPA \ɑ̃.ti.vi.ʁys\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,819 among 424,905 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui lutte contre les virus.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for antivirus, with forms such as "anitvirus", "anntivirus", and "antiivrus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is antivirus, spelled A-N-T-I-V-I-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1Qui lutte contre les virus.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anitvirus
- anntivirus
- antiivrus
- antivirrus
- antivirsu
- antiviruss
- antiviurs
- antivrius
- antivvirus
- anttivirus
- antviirus
- atnivirus
- nativirus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of antivirus - 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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Using “antivirus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-N-T-I-V-I-R-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.ti.vi.ʁys\ (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.