editor
The verdict
“editor” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,859. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,859
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans les pays anglo-saxons, personne responsable du choix et du contenu des publications d’une maison d’édition.
Corpus desk
Index FR-editor · editor · French
editor · rank #47,859 · 8 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,859
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH déroula
Nearest frequency peer: déroula (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “editor”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- délectation
délectation
52,146 corpus weight
- déplaisent
déplaisent
52,144 corpus weight
- déroula
déroula
52,143 corpus weight
- editor
editor
52,142 corpus weight
- effarant
effarant
52,140 corpus weight
- effluents
effluents
52,139 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “editor” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | editor |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #47,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “editor” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around editor, anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,859 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dans les pays anglo-saxons, personne responsable du choix et du contenu des publications d’une maison d’édition.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for editor, with forms such as "deitor", "edditor", and "ediotr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "édits", "éviter", "edit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is editor, spelled E-D-I-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Dans les pays anglo-saxons, personne responsable du choix et du contenu des publications d’une maison d’édition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how editor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les pays anglo-saxons on distingue le publisher (celui qui tient les cordons de la bourse) de l’editor (celui qui fait les choix éditoriaux).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- deitor
- edditor
- ediotr
- editorr
- editro
- edittor
- edtior
- eidtor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of editor - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "editor", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "editor" maps to 11 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "édits". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #47,859 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.