bazooka
\ba.zu.ka\
The verdict
“bazooka” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,683. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,683
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lance-roquettes antichar de courte portée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bazooka |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.zu.ka\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bazooka” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around bazooka (IPA \ba.zu.ka\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,683 among 227,490 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bazooka, with forms such as "abzooka", "baozoka", and "bazoka". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bazooka, spelled B-A-Z-O-O-K-A.
Definition
- 1Lance-roquettes antichar de courte portée.
- 2Sorte d’engin d’effarouchement qui envoie des détonations répétées pour faire fuir les corbeaux, corneilles ou étourneaux.
- 3Moyen extrême.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abzooka
- baozoka
- bazoka
- bazokoa
- bazooak
- bazookka
- bazzooka
- bbazooka
- bzaooka
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bazooka - 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 “bazooka”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-Z-O-O-K-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ba.zu.ka\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.