catalogue

\ka.ta.lɔɡ\

/\ka.ta.lɔɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“catalogue” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,904. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,904
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Livre qui liste, de façon méthodique, des produits ou des biens.

Corpus desk

Index FR-catalogue · catalogue · French

catalogue · rank #3,904 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,904
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH candidature

Nearest frequency peer: candidature (-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 « catalogue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « catalogue » 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).

catalogue vs Catalogne
78% similar

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

Key facts for catalogue
PropertyValue
Headwordcatalogue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ta.lɔɡ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,904
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « catalogue »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cataloguese 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 « candidature » (#3,903), « chant » (#3,905), « Bulletin » (#3,902). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « catalogue » est au #3,904. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around catalogue (IPA \ka.ta.lɔɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,904 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for catalogue, with forms such as "actalogue", "caatlogue", and "catalgoue". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Catalogne", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is catalogue, spelled C-A-T-A-L-O-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Livre qui liste, de façon méthodique, des produits ou des biens.
  2. 2
    Liste d’objets à vendre.
  3. 3
    Brochure commerciale qui décrit et illustre les produits ou les services proposés à la vente.
  4. 4
    Dénombrement, suivant un ordre choisi, des livres, objets d’art, plantes, etc., qui composent une collection ou un territoire défini.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je finis, sur la fin de cet hiver, le catalogue pittoresque des tableaux de M. de Sommariva, que j’écrivis de ma main et de ma belle écriture, et que j’ornai de culs-de-lampe et de vignettes; […].
  2. C’est pour cela que les catalogues illustrés sur les expositions ont toujours été des entreprises sans lendemain, malgré la perfection des gravures.

Synonyms

livretbrochure

This word in other languages

catalogue(English)catálogo(Español)Katalog(Deutsch)catálogo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • actalogue
  • caatlogue
  • catalgoue
  • catallogue
  • catalogeu
  • cataloggue
  • catalouge
  • cataolgue
  • catlaogue
  • cattalogue
  • ccatalogue
  • ctaalogue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

actalogue2caatlogue2catalgoue2catallogue1catalogeu2cataloggue1catalouge2cataolgue2
Edit distance from "catalogue"

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 "catalogue"?
"catalogue" is spelled C-A-T-A-L-O-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ta.lɔɡ\.
What does "catalogue" mean?
As a noun, "catalogue" means: Livre qui liste, de façon méthodique, des produits ou des biens.
What words are commonly confused with "catalogue"?
"catalogue" is commonly confused with "Catalogne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "catalogue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "catalogue" is \ka.ta.lɔɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "catalogue" come from?
"catalogue" 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 "catalogue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

favoriser#3,915incapable#3,926similaire#3,875scolaires#3,873

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

financer12 variantsprécieux12 variantsmentionné12 variantsobserver12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list