Berkeley

name

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The verdict

“Berkeley” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,543
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville d’Angleterre située dans le district de Stroud.

Corpus desk

Index FR-berkeley · Berkeley · French

Berkeley · rank #21,543 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,543
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH basic

Nearest frequency peer: basic (-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 « Berkeley »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Berkeley » 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
Key facts for Berkeley
PropertyValue
HeadwordBerkeley
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,543
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Berkeley »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Berkeleyse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « basic » (#21,542), « blanchet » (#21,544), « bocal » (#21,545). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Berkeley » est au #21,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Berkeley, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,543 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Berkeley, with forms such as "bberkeley", "bekreley", and "berekley". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Berkeley, spelled B-E-R-K-E-L-E-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville d’Angleterre située dans le district de Stroud.
  2. 2
    Ville de Californie, près de la baie de San Francisco.
  3. 3
    Ville de Californie, près de la baie de San Francisco.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il étudie à Berkeley.

This word in other languages

Berkeley(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bberkeley
  • bekreley
  • berekley
  • berkeely
  • berkeleyy
  • berkelley
  • berkelye
  • berkkeley
  • berkleey
  • berrkeley
  • brekeley
  • ebrkeley

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Berkeley - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bberkeley1bekreley2berekley2berkeely2berkeleyy1berkelley1berkelye2berkkeley1
Edit distance from "Berkeley"

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 "Berkeley"?
"Berkeley" is spelled B-E-R-K-E-L-E-Y.
What does "Berkeley" mean?
As a proper noun, "Berkeley" means: Ville d’Angleterre située dans le district de Stroud.
What are common misspellings of "Berkeley"?
Common misspellings include "bberkeley", "bekreley", "berekley", "berkeely", "berkeleyy". The correct spelling is "Berkeley".
What language does "Berkeley" come from?
"Berkeley" 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 "Berkeley", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blanchet#21,544Aversion#21,540avançant#21,539carences#21,561

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

assistent12 variantscavernes12 variantscitadins12 variantscompense12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list