congeler
\kɔ̃ʒ.le\
The verdict
“congeler” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,775. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,775
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire passer un liquide à l’état solide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-congeler · congeler · French
congeler · rank #36,775 · 12 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,775
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH confondez
Nearest frequency peer: confondez (-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 « congeler »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- compétitives
compétitives
63,229 corpus weight
- coms
coms
63,228 corpus weight
- confondez
confondez
63,227 corpus weight
- congeler
congeler
63,226 corpus weight
- conjectures
conjectures
63,225 corpus weight
- conjuguée
conjuguée
63,224 corpus weight
What this shows « congeler » 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 | congeler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃ʒ.le\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « congeler »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around congeler (IPA \kɔ̃ʒ.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,775 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for congeler, with forms such as "ccongeler", "cnogeler", and "cogneler". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "congélo", "consoler", "congelés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is congeler, spelled C-O-N-G-E-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire passer un liquide à l’état solide.
- 2Conserver de la viande, des vivres par la production d’un froid intense.
- 3Figer, coaguler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how congeler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le grand froid congèle l’eau.
L’eau se congèle par le froid.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccongeler
- cnogeler
- cogneler
- conegler
- congeelr
- congelerr
- congeller
- congelre
- conggeler
- congleer
- conngeler
- ocngeler
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of congeler - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "congeler"?
What does "congeler" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "congeler"?
How do you pronounce "congeler"?
What language does "congeler" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "congeler", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).