cancérigènes
\kɑ̃.se.ʁi.ʒɛn\
The verdict
“cancérigènes” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,784. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,784
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de cancérigène.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cancerigenes · cancérigènes · French
cancérigènes · rank #42,784 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #42,784
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH bâches
Nearest frequency peer: bâches (-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 « cancérigènes »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Burberry
Burberry
57,221 corpus weight
- buée
buée
57,219 corpus weight
- bâches
bâches
57,218 corpus weight
- cancérigènes
cancérigènes
57,217 corpus weight
- cardinale
cardinale
57,215 corpus weight
- cartésien
cartésien
57,214 corpus weight
What this shows « cancérigènes » 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 | cancérigènes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.se.ʁi.ʒɛn\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #42,784 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cancérigènes »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around cancérigènes (IPA \kɑ̃.se.ʁi.ʒɛn\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,784 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de cancérigène.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for cancérigènes, with forms such as "acncérigènes", "cacnérigènes", and "canccérigènes". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cancérigène", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented 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 cancérigènes, spelled C-A-N-C-É-R-I-G-È-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de cancérigène.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cancérigènes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je me suis arrêté pour prendre une piña-colada dans une paillote surmontée d'un toit en chaume et entourée de chaises longues pour ceux qui voudraient bronzer, bercés par la douce brise des puanteurs cancérigènes.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acncérigènes
- cacnérigènes
- canccérigènes
- cancerigenes
- cancréigènes
- cancéirgènes
- cancérgiènes
- cancériggènes
- cancérignèes
- cancérigèens
- cancérigèness
- cancérigènnes
- cancérigènse
- cancériègnes
- cancérrigènes
- canncérigènes
- canécrigènes
- ccancérigènes
- cnacérigènes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cancérigènes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).