concocter
\kɔ̃.kɔk.te\
The verdict
“concocter” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,942. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,942
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cuisiner ou préparer avec soin ou avec amour.
Corpus desk
Index FR-concocter · concocter · French
concocter · rank #44,942 · 14 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,942
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH confessionnel…
Nearest frequency peer: confessionnelle (+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 « concocter »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- compares
compares
55,062 corpus weight
- complex
complex
55,061 corpus weight
- concocter
concocter
55,059 corpus weight
- confessionn…
confessionnelle
55,058 corpus weight
- confits
confits
55,057 corpus weight
- conférés
conférés
55,056 corpus weight
What this shows « concocter » 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 | concocter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.kɔk.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #44,942 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « concocter »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around concocter (IPA \kɔ̃.kɔk.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,942 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for concocter, with forms such as "cconcocter", "cnococter", and "cocnocter". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "contacter", "connecter", "conforter", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is concocter, spelled C-O-N-C-O-C-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Cuisiner ou préparer avec soin ou avec amour.
- 2Élaborer soigneusement ; concevoir et préparer ; méditer ; mûrir.
- 3Compiler soigneusement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how concocter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette odeur de chou, de crevettes et de gingembre grésillant ensemble me reporta seize année en arrière, à l’époque où ma douce gouvernante Nishio-san me concoctait le même régal, que je n’avais jamais plus remangé depuis.
Il déposa le merlan dans un plat pour le four et versa par-dessus le contenu d'un tupperware. — Ce sont des pommes de terre grillées, expliqua-t-il. Comme je n'ai rien d'un cordon-bleu, ma femme de ménage me concocte toujours quelques repas d'avance.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconcocter
- cnococter
- cocnocter
- conccocter
- conccoter
- concoccter
- concocetr
- concocterr
- concoctre
- concoctter
- concotcer
- conncocter
- conoccter
- ocncocter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of concocter - 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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