circ
\ˈsiɾk\
The verdict
“circ” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,213. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,213
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cirque, lieu destiné, chez les Romains, à accueillir les jeux publics
Corpus desk
Index FR-circ · circ · French
circ · rank #39,213 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,213
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH citait
Nearest frequency peer: citait (+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 « circ »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- chutent
chutent
60,791 corpus weight
- châtaignes
châtaignes
60,790 corpus weight
- circ
circ
60,788 corpus weight
- citait
citait
60,787 corpus weight
- civilité
civilité
60,786 corpus weight
- civitas
civitas
60,785 corpus weight
What this shows « circ » 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 | circ |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈsiɾk\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #39,213 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « circ »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around circ (IPA \ˈsiɾk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,213 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for circ, with forms such as "ccirc", "circc", and "cirrc". 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, "CR", "cru", "cri", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is circ, spelled C-I-R-C.
Definition
- 1Cirque, lieu destiné, chez les Romains, à accueillir les jeux publics
- 2Entreprise de spectacle qui organise des jeux et exercices de ce genre..
- 3Bassin de montagnes disposé circulairement.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccirc
- circc
- cirrc
- cric
- icrc
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of circ - 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 "circ", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).