atoll
\a.tɔl\
The verdict
“atoll” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,748. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,748
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Type de récif corallien annulaire, généralement issu de l’enfoncement progressif d’une île volcanique, entourant un lagon central et affleurant à la surface de la mer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-atoll · atoll · French
atoll · rank #42,748 · 5 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,748
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH assoiffé
Nearest frequency peer: assoiffé (-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 « atoll »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- assault
assault
57,256 corpus weight
- Asselin
Asselin
57,255 corpus weight
- assoiffé
assoiffé
57,254 corpus weight
- atoll
atoll
57,253 corpus weight
- atrocité
atrocité
57,252 corpus weight
- attaquaient
attaquaient
57,251 corpus weight
What this shows « atoll » 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 | atoll |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.tɔl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #42,748 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « atoll »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around atoll (IPA \a.tɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,748 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Type de récif corallien annulaire, généralement issu de l’enfoncement progressif d’une île volcanique, entourant un lagon central et affleurant à la surface de la mer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for atoll, with forms such as "aotll", "atlol", and "atol". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Atom", "atos", "atout", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is atoll, spelled A-T-O-L-L.
Definition
- 1Type de récif corallien annulaire, généralement issu de l’enfoncement progressif d’une île volcanique, entourant un lagon central et affleurant à la surface de la mer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how atoll appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En longeant l’atoll, j’étais rempli d’admiration et d’étonnement pour l’extraordinaire travail des madrépores.
Enfin les îles sorties des eaux (atolls) portent une flore extrêmement pauvre, venue par des apports lointains.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aotll
- atlol
- atol
- attoll
- taoll
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of atoll - 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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