concave
\kɔ̃.kav\
The verdict
“concave” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,682. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,682
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui présente une surface en creux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-concave · concave · French
concave · rank #40,682 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,682
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH comptine
Nearest frequency peer: comptine (-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 « concave »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- compilations
compilations
59,322 corpus weight
- complimenter
complimenter
59,321 corpus weight
- comptine
comptine
59,320 corpus weight
- concave
concave
59,319 corpus weight
- conduisez
conduisez
59,318 corpus weight
- confessionn…
confessionnal
59,317 corpus weight
What this shows « concave » 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 | concave |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.kav\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,682 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « concave »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around concave (IPA \kɔ̃.kav\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,682 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui présente une surface en creux.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for concave, with forms such as "cconcave", "cnocave", and "cocnave". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "conçue", "concile", "conclue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 concave, spelled C-O-N-C-A-V-E.
Definition
- 1Qui présente une surface en creux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how concave appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] le plus souvent, par suite de la démolition des berges de la rive concave, les cailloux roulés sont recouverts de particules argilo-siliceuses […]
Le temps a donc une « valeur œnologique » qui suit une trajectoire concave pour les vins premium à potentiel de vieillissement. Cette valeur œnologique se traduit bien entendu en valeur économique à travers le phénomène d’appréciation/dépréciation de la qualité.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconcave
- cnocave
- cocnave
- conacve
- concaev
- concavve
- conccave
- concvae
- conncave
- ocncave
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of concave - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).