bleach

\bliːt͡ʃ\

/\bliːt͡ʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“bleach” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,524. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,524
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance chimique destinée à blanchir ou à éclaircir telle l’eau de Javel ou l’eau oxygénée ; décolorant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bleach · bleach · French

bleach · rank #49,524 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,524
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH biographes

Nearest frequency peer: biographes (-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 « bleach »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bleach » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bleach vs Bloch
50% similar
bleach vs breath
67% similar
bleach vs Bach
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bleach
PropertyValue
Headwordbleach
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bliːt͡ʃ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#49,524
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bleach »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « biographes » (#49,523), « bolchevique » (#49,525), « biodégradable » (#49,522). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bleach » est au #49,524. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bleach (IPA \bliːt͡ʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,524 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bleach, with forms such as "bbleach", "belach", and "blaech". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Bloch", "breath", "Bach", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bleach, spelled B-L-E-A-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Substance chimique destinée à blanchir ou à éclaircir telle l’eau de Javel ou l’eau oxygénée ; décolorant.
  2. 2
    Substance chimique destinée à blanchir ou à éclaircir telle l’eau de Javel ou l’eau oxygénée ; décolorant.
  3. 3
    Catégorie de l’une de ces substances.

Synonyms

household bleach

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbleach
  • belach
  • blaech
  • bleacch
  • bleachh
  • bleahc
  • blecah
  • blleach
  • lbeach

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bleach - 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.

bbleach1belach2blaech2bleacch1bleachh1bleahc2blecah2blleach1
Edit distance from "bleach"

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 "bleach"?
"bleach" is spelled B-L-E-A-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \bliːt͡ʃ\.
What does "bleach" mean?
As a noun, "bleach" means: Substance chimique destinée à blanchir ou à éclaircir telle l’eau de Javel ou l’eau oxygénée ; décolorant.
What words are commonly confused with "bleach"?
"bleach" is commonly confused with "Bloch", "breath", "Bach". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bleach"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bleach" is \bliːt͡ʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bleach" come from?
"bleach" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bleach", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Brazza#49,530brider#49,531badger#49,510carrez#49,540

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

aryens9 variantsclavel9 variantsArcueil9 variantscourais9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list