blocs

\blɔk\

/\blɔk\/ noun

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The verdict

“blocs” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,682. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,682
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de bloc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blocs · blocs · French

blocs · rank #6,682 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,682
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bibliothèques

Nearest frequency peer: bibliothèques (-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 « blocs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « blocs » 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).

blocs vs bos
60% similar
blocs vs bois
60% similar
blocs vs bons
60% similar

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

Key facts for blocs
PropertyValue
Headwordblocs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\blɔk\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,682
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « blocs »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.blocsse 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 « bibliothèques » (#6,681), « Blues » (#6,683), « arrêtée » (#6,680). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « blocs » est au #6,682. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around blocs (IPA \blɔk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,682 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de bloc.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for blocs, with forms such as "bblocs", "blcos", and "bllocs". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bos", "bois", "bons", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is blocs, spelled B-L-O-C-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de bloc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans ce qui sert parfois de lit au torrent, des blocs et dalles énormes de roches toutes creusées de cuvettes et baignoires naturelles, et dans ces trous, quelques laquets d’eau morte saumâtrisée par la chaleur, immobile sous l’air pesant et sans souffle, incrustant chaque jour plus bas dans la pierre le glauque et gluant revêtement de mucus et d’infusoir…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bblocs
  • blcos
  • bllocs
  • bloccs
  • blocss
  • blosc
  • bolcs
  • lbocs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bblocs1blcos2bllocs1bloccs1blocss1blosc2bolcs2lbocs2
Edit distance from "blocs"

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 "blocs"?
"blocs" is spelled B-L-O-C-S. The IPA pronunciation is \blɔk\.
What does "blocs" mean?
As a noun, "blocs" means: Pluriel de bloc.
What words are commonly confused with "blocs"?
"blocs" is commonly confused with "bos", "bois", "bons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blocs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blocs" is \blɔk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blocs" come from?
"blocs" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Blues#6,683bourg#6,685Chili#6,689tribu#6,669

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

arrêtée8 variantstimide8 variantsdomine8 variantsHervé8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list