ASCII

\as.ki\

/\as.ki\/ noun

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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
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...

Corpus desk

Index FR-ascii · ASCII · French

ASCII · rank #46,585 · 6 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,585
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH arriveraient

Nearest frequency peer: arriveraient (-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 « ASCII »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ASCII » 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).

ASCII vs asi
0% similar
ASCII vs Asie
20% similar
ASCII vs Asia
20% similar

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

Key facts for ASCII
PropertyValue
HeadwordASCII
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\as.ki\
Letters5
Frequency rank#46,585
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ASCII »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ASCIIse 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 « arriveraient » (#46,584), « assoie » (#46,586), « armurier » (#46,583). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ASCII » est au #46,585. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around ASCII (IPA \as.ki\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,585 among 6,727 “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

  1. 1
    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 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).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Où ai-je mis ma table ASCII ?
  2. Ce programme ne supporte que des fichiers au format ASCII.

This word in other languages

ASCII(English)

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.

acsii2asccii1asci1asici2asscii1sacii2
Edit distance from "ASCII"

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 "ASCII"?
"ASCII" is spelled A-S-C-I-I. The IPA pronunciation is \as.ki\.
What does "ASCII" mean?
As a noun, "ASCII" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "ASCII"?
"ASCII" is commonly confused with "asi", "Asie", "Asia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ASCII"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ASCII" is \as.ki\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ASCII" come from?
"ASCII" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Blaye#46,609brava#46,619béant#46,625Yahia#46,535

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

assomme6 variantsBram6 variantswent6 variantsvisio6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list