circonflexe
\siʁ.kɔ̃.flɛks\
The verdict
“circonflexe” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,844. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,844
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a des courbures, des sinuosités.
Corpus desk
Index FR-circonflexe · circonflexe · French
circonflexe · rank #43,844 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,844
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chéries
Nearest frequency peer: chéries (-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 « circonflexe »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- choisiront
choisiront
56,160 corpus weight
- choquent
choquent
56,159 corpus weight
- chéries
chéries
56,158 corpus weight
- circonflexe
circonflexe
56,157 corpus weight
- clameur
clameur
56,156 corpus weight
- Clermontois
Clermontois
56,154 corpus weight
What this shows « circonflexe » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | circonflexe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \siʁ.kɔ̃.flɛks\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #43,844 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « circonflexe »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around circonflexe (IPA \siʁ.kɔ̃.flɛks\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,844 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for circonflexe, with forms such as "ccirconflexe", "cicronflexe", and "circconflexe". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is circonflexe, spelled C-I-R-C-O-N-F-L-E-X-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a des courbures, des sinuosités.
- 2Qui porte l’accent circonflexe.
- 3Qui contourne ou s’enroule autour d’un organe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how circonflexe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un gros nuage blanc venait de s’enfuir à toute allure, le ciel était bleu, et la mer bleue également, avec un peuple de petites vagues circonflexes crêtées de blanc.
Plus on supprimera d’accents circonflexes, plus on retirera de grâce zéphyrienne à notre langue.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccirconflexe
- cicronflexe
- circconflexe
- circnoflexe
- circofnlexe
- circonfelxe
- circonfflexe
- circonfleex
- circonflexxe
- circonfllexe
- circonflxee
- circonlfexe
- circonnflexe
- cirocnflexe
- cirrconflexe
- criconflexe
- icrconflexe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of circonflexe - 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.
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).