cyclope
\si.klɔp\
The verdict
“cyclope” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,705. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,705
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de géant monstrueux qui n’a qu’un œil, de forme ronde, au milieu du front.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cyclope · cyclope · French
cyclope · rank #40,705 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,705
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cumin
Nearest frequency peer: cumin (-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 « cyclope »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- craignons
craignons
59,300 corpus weight
- croûtes
croûtes
59,299 corpus weight
- CSN
CSN
59,298 corpus weight
- cumin
cumin
59,297 corpus weight
- cyclope
cyclope
59,296 corpus weight
- cédait
cédait
59,295 corpus weight
What this shows « cyclope » 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 | cyclope |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.klɔp\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cyclope »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around cyclope (IPA \si.klɔp\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,705 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cyclope, with forms such as "ccyclope", "ccylope", and "cycclope". 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, "cycle", "clope", "cyclo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 cyclope, spelled C-Y-C-L-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de géant monstrueux qui n’a qu’un œil, de forme ronde, au milieu du front.
- 2Quelqu’un qui n’a qu’un seul œil.
- 3Feu de freinage central surélevé (FFCS), généralement situé à la base ou au sommet de la vitre arrière des automobiles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cyclope appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'œil du cyclope est sans paupière. Il ne s'éteint jamais.
L’antre des cyclopes.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccyclope
- ccylope
- cycclope
- cycllope
- cycloep
- cycloppe
- cyclpoe
- cycolpe
- cylcope
- cyyclope
- ycclope
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cyclope - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).