Asterix
\as.te.ˈʁɪks\
The verdict
“Asterix” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,652. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,652
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Astérix.
Corpus desk
Index FR-asterix · Asterix · French
Asterix · rank #41,652 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #41,652
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Asimov
Nearest frequency peer: Asimov (-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 « Asterix »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- argentique
argentique
58,352 corpus weight
- Asher
Asher
58,351 corpus weight
- Asimov
Asimov
58,350 corpus weight
- Asterix
Asterix
58,349 corpus weight
- astérisque
astérisque
58,348 corpus weight
- atari
atari
58,347 corpus weight
What this shows « Asterix » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | Asterix |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \as.te.ˈʁɪks\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #41,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Asterix »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Asterix (IPA \as.te.ˈʁɪks\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,652 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Astérix.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Asterix, with forms such as "asetrix", "assterix", and "asteirx". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Astrid", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Asterix, spelled A-S-T-E-R-I-X.
Definition
- 1Astérix.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asetrix
- assterix
- asteirx
- asterixx
- asterrix
- asterxi
- astreix
- astterix
- atserix
- saterix
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Asterix - 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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Asterix", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).