attaqua
\a.ta.ka\
The verdict
“attaqua” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,129. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,129
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe attaquer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-attaqua · attaqua · French
attaqua · rank #33,129 · 7 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,129
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH assumant
Nearest frequency peer: assumant (-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 « attaqua »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Arthaud
Arthaud
66,876 corpus weight
- articulée
articulée
66,875 corpus weight
- assainir
assainir
66,874 corpus weight
- assumant
assumant
66,873 corpus weight
- attaqua
attaqua
66,872 corpus weight
- automatisée
automatisée
66,870 corpus weight
What this shows « attaqua » 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 | attaqua |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.ta.ka\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,129 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « attaqua »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around attaqua (IPA \a.ta.ka\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,129 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe attaquer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for attaqua, with forms such as "ataqua", "atatqua", and "attaqau". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "attaque", "attique", "attaquer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is attaqua, spelled A-T-T-A-Q-U-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe attaquer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how attaqua appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Conseillé par le grand prêtre d’Oro, il prit même l’initiative : il attaqua son adversaire qui avait l’avantage du nombre et de la position ; mais vivement repoussé, il fut obligé de s’enfuir jusqu’à Paré, où il n’attendit pas l’ennemi.
La longue procession attaqua les étroits lacets qui serpentaient dans le massif. Dès que la pente se fit plus raide, l’épuisement choisit ses premières victimes. Un jeune turco eut une attaque, aussi subite que fatale, deux zouaves dévissèrent dans un ravin, et un troisième fut écrasé sous l’essieu d’une pièce de douze. Les chevilles brisées ne se comptai…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ataqua
- atatqua
- attaqau
- attaqqua
- attauqa
- attqaua
- tataqua
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of attaqua - 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
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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 (7 here; floor ≥5).