aquarium

\a.kwa.ʁjɔm\

/\a.kwa.ʁjɔm\/ noun

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The verdict

“aquarium” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,854. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,854
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réservoir d’eau, généralement en verre épais, dans lequel on garde des poissons ou des algues.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aquarium · aquarium · French

aquarium · rank #14,854 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,854
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH appliquant

Nearest frequency peer: appliquant (-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 « aquarium »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « aquarium » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

aquarium vs aquarius
88% similar
aquarium vs aquariums
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for aquarium
PropertyValue
Headwordaquarium
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.kwa.ʁjɔm\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,854
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aquarium »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.aquariumse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « appliquant » (#14,853), « applaudir » (#14,852), « articulation » (#14,856). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aquarium » est au #14,854. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around aquarium (IPA \a.kwa.ʁjɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,854 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for aquarium, with forms such as "aqaurium", "aqquarium", and "aquairum". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "aquarius", "aquariums", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is aquarium, spelled A-Q-U-A-R-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réservoir d’eau, généralement en verre épais, dans lequel on garde des poissons ou des algues.
  2. 2
    Établissement aquariologique, bâtiment ou espace dans lequel une collection d’animaux et de végétaux aquatiques est exposée dans des réservoirs d'eau.
  3. 3
    Tableau d’affichage vitré.
  4. 4
    Espace de travail vitré, clos et de petites dimensions.
  5. 5
    Espace confiné dans lequel on fume du cannabis afin de respirer plus de fumée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aquarium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans ce petit paysage intime, la disproportion de cet hippopotame fait paraître aquarium ou bassin pour Zoo le petit lac.
  2. Ils se les caillaient sur un trottoir entre deux réverbères depuis plus d'une heure, en face d’un restau dont la vitrine s’ornait d’une tête de dragon multicolore et d’un aquarium aux poissons également aussi généreux en couleurs pétantes qu’un « ensemble » de Karine.

Synonyms

bassincuveréservoirvivier

This word in other languages

aquarium(English)acuario(Español)Aquarium(Deutsch)aquário(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aqaurium
  • aqquarium
  • aquairum
  • aquarimu
  • aquariumm
  • aquarrium
  • aquaruim
  • aquraium
  • auqarium
  • qauarium

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aquarium - 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.

aqaurium2aqquarium1aquairum2aquarimu2aquariumm1aquarrium1aquaruim2aquraium2
Edit distance from "aquarium"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aquarium"?
"aquarium" is spelled A-Q-U-A-R-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kwa.ʁjɔm\.
What does "aquarium" mean?
As a noun, "aquarium" means: Réservoir d’eau, généralement en verre épais, dans lequel on garde des poissons ou des algues.
What words are commonly confused with "aquarium"?
"aquarium" is commonly confused with "aquarius", "aquariums". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aquarium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aquarium" is \a.kwa.ʁjɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aquarium" come from?
"aquarium" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aquarium", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

annexion#14,850anarchie#14,848brochure#14,869combiner#14,882

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

claquer10 variantsWright10 variantstentait10 variantsdouteuse10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list