blocus

\blɔ.kys\

/\blɔ.kys\/ noun

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The verdict

“blocus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,182. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,182
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Siège d’une ville, d’un port, d’une position, d’un pays pour lui couper toute communication avec l’extérieur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blocus · blocus · French

blocus · rank #11,182 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,182
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bijou

Nearest frequency peer: bijou (-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 « blocus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « blocus » 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).

blocus vs bonus
67% similar
blocus vs blogs
67% similar
blocus vs Blois
50% similar

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

Key facts for blocus
PropertyValue
Headwordblocus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\blɔ.kys\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,182
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « blocus »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).blocusse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bijou » (#11,181), « Bayonne » (#11,180), « brutalement » (#11,184). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « blocus » est au #11,182. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around blocus (IPA \blɔ.kys\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,182 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for blocus, with forms such as "bblocus", "blcous", and "bllocus". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "bonus", "blogs", "Blois", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is blocus, spelled B-L-O-C-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Siège d’une ville, d’un port, d’une position, d’un pays pour lui couper toute communication avec l’extérieur.
  2. 2
    Embargo.
  3. 3
    Encerclement.
  4. 4
    Blocage, action de bloquer.
  5. 5
    Action d’empêcher, pour des raisons politiques, l’accès à un établissement, notamment un lycée ou une université.
  6. 6
    Période sans cours dans l’enseignement supérieur et l’enseignement universitaire qui permet aux étudiants de préparer leurs examens.
  7. 7
    Embarras de circulation, embouteillage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Blocus maritime, naval, interruption de toute communication entre la haute mer et une côte ennemie.
  2. C'est le blocus continental qui a donné naissance à l'importante fabrication du sucre de betterave ; on sait que cette mesure décrétée, par Napoléon Iᵉʳ, le 21 novembre 1806, avait pour but d'exclure complètement les Anglais du continent européen, et d'entraîner la ruine de leur commerce en les empêchant d'écouler les produits de leur industrie.

Antonyms

déblocus

This word in other languages

blockade(English)bloqueo(Español)Blockade(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bblocus
  • blcous
  • bllocus
  • bloccus
  • blocsu
  • blocuss
  • bloucs
  • bolcus
  • lbocus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bblocus1blcous2bllocus1bloccus1blocsu2blocuss1bloucs2bolcus2
Edit distance from "blocus"

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 "blocus"?
"blocus" is spelled B-L-O-C-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \blɔ.kys\.
What does "blocus" mean?
As a noun, "blocus" means: Siège d’une ville, d’un port, d’une position, d’un pays pour lui couper toute communication avec l’extérieur.
What words are commonly confused with "blocus"?
"blocus" is commonly confused with "bonus", "blogs", "Blois". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blocus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blocus" is \blɔ.kys\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blocus" come from?
"blocus" 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 "blocus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Calvin#11,187amants#11,167aimons#11,164abonné#11,162

Similar misspelling depth

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

apaiser9 variantscorrigé9 variantsvaccins9 variantsfalaise9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list