cancer
\kɑ̃.sɛʁ\
The verdict
“cancer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,804. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,804
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maladie causée par une tumeur maligne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cancer · cancer · French
cancer · rank #1,804 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,804
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH auto
Nearest frequency peer: auto (-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 « cancer »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- améliorer
améliorer
98,200 corpus weight
- attendant
attendant
98,199 corpus weight
- auto
auto
98,198 corpus weight
- cancer
cancer
98,197 corpus weight
- championnat
championnat
98,196 corpus weight
- chasse
chasse
98,195 corpus weight
What this shows « cancer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cancer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.sɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cancer »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around cancer (IPA \kɑ̃.sɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,804 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cancer, with forms such as "acncer", "cacner", and "canccer". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cane", "canne", "canoë", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cancer, spelled C-A-N-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Maladie causée par une tumeur maligne.
- 2Ce qui est nuisible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cancer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette fragilité est-elle propre aux os des cancéreux, ou tient-elle au développement des cancers multiples dans le système osseux ?
A dater de ce moment, elle commença à entretenir l'idée qu'elle avait ou allait avoir un cancer du nez ; de là, un état d’hypochondrie et de mysophobie extrême.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acncer
- cacner
- canccer
- cancerr
- cancre
- canecr
- canncer
- ccancer
- cnacer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cancer - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cancer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).