ASCII
\as.ki\
The verdict
“ASCII” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,585. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,585
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Norme longtemps utilisée pour le codage des caractères alphanumériques en informatique. À l’origine, utilisant sept bits, l’ASCII permet de représenter 128 caractères, numérotés de 0 à 127 et repré...
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 | ASCII |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \as.ki\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #46,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ASCII” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around ASCII (IPA \as.ki\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,585 among 424,905 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Norme longtemps utilisée pour le codage des caractères alphanumériques en informatique. À l’origine, utilisant sept bits, l’ASCII permet de représenter 128 caractères, numérotés de 0 à 127 et repré...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ASCII, with forms such as "acsii", "asccii", and "asci". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "asi", "Asie", "Asia", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ASCII, spelled A-S-C-I-I.
Definition
- 1Norme longtemps utilisée pour le codage des caractères alphanumériques en informatique. À l’origine, utilisant sept bits, l’ASCII permet de représenter 128 caractères, numérotés de 0 à 127 et représentant 32 caractères de contrôle, l'espace et 95 caractères graphiques. L’ASCII dit « étendu » utilise le huitième bit de l’octet pour coder les caractères vernaculaires de 128 à 255, mais existe en plusieurs versions mutuellement incompatibles. L'UTF-8 est une forme d’ASCII dit « étendu » qui peut représenter chacun de ces caractères (voir Unicode).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acsii
- asccii
- asci
- asici
- asscii
- sacii
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ASCII - 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 “ASCII”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-S-C-I-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \as.ki\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “asi” - see the side-by-side comparison. ASCII vs asi
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.