bloquer

\blɔ.ke\

/\blɔ.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“bloquer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,833. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,833
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fermer par un blocus les avenues d'une place, les approches d'un port, etc, immobiliser par un blocus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bloquer · bloquer · French

bloquer · rank #4,833 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,833
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH benjamin

Nearest frequency peer: benjamin (-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 « bloquer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bloquer » 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).

bloquer vs braquer
71% similar
bloquer vs bloques
86% similar
bloquer vs bloquez
86% similar

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

Key facts for bloquer
PropertyValue
Headwordbloquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\blɔ.ke\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,833
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bloquer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bloquerse 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 « benjamin » (#4,832), « bosse » (#4,834), « automatiquement » (#4,831). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bloquer » est au #4,833. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around bloquer (IPA \blɔ.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,833 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for bloquer, with forms such as "bbloquer", "blloquer", and "bloqeur". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "braquer", "bloques", "bloquez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bloquer, spelled B-L-O-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fermer par un blocus les avenues d'une place, les approches d'un port, etc, immobiliser par un blocus.
  2. 2
    Empêcher de bouger, de se déplacer, d'avoir lieu ; arrêter, immobiliser.
  3. 3
    Empêcher de bouger, de se déplacer, d'avoir lieu ; arrêter, immobiliser.
  4. 4
    Empêcher de bouger, de se déplacer, d'avoir lieu ; arrêter, immobiliser.
  5. 5
    Aux jeu de billes, tout miser.
  6. 6
    Réunir en bloc.
  7. 7
    Garnir d’une maçonnerie de pierres brutes noyées dans du mortier l’entre-deux des parements d’un mur, l’intérieur d’une pile de pont, etc.
  8. 8
    Mettre à dessein dans la composition une lettre renversée ou retournée, à la place de celle qui devrait y être, mais qui manque dans la casse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bloquer une place, un port.
  2. Bouillé et Puy-Gaillard, qui avaient blocqué Tiffauges, et assiegé Montaigu.

This word in other languages

blockade(English)bloquear(Español)sperren(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbloquer
  • blloquer
  • bloqeur
  • bloqquer
  • bloquerr
  • bloqure
  • blouqer
  • blqouer
  • bolquer
  • lboquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbloquer1blloquer1bloqeur2bloqquer1bloquerr1bloqure2blouqer2blqouer2
Edit distance from "bloquer"

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 "bloquer"?
"bloquer" is spelled B-L-O-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \blɔ.ke\.
What does "bloquer" mean?
As a verb, "bloquer" means: Fermer par un blocus les avenues d'une place, les approches d'un port, etc, immobiliser par un blocus.
What words are commonly confused with "bloquer"?
"bloquer" is commonly confused with "braquer", "bloques", "bloquez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bloquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bloquer" is \blɔ.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bloquer" come from?
"bloquer" 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 "bloquer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

anonyme#4,826confort#4,842évaluer#4,820urbaine#4,816

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

attentes10 variantsaltitude10 variantsmobiles10 variantsmonstre10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list