exorciste
\ɛɡ.zɔʁ.sist\
The verdict
“exorciste” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,938. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,938
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prêtre à qui l’Église donne le droit d’exorciser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exorciste · exorciste · French
exorciste · rank #35,938 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,938
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH exonérations
Nearest frequency peer: exonérations (-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 « exorciste »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- essaiera
essaiera
64,066 corpus weight
- exemptés
exemptés
64,065 corpus weight
- exonérations
exonérations
64,064 corpus weight
- exorciste
exorciste
64,063 corpus weight
- exutoire
exutoire
64,062 corpus weight
- ferions
ferions
64,061 corpus weight
What this shows « exorciste » 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 | exorciste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛɡ.zɔʁ.sist\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #35,938 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exorciste »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around exorciste (IPA \ɛɡ.zɔʁ.sist\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,938 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for exorciste, with forms such as "eoxrciste", "exocriste", and "exorcciste". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "exorcisme", "exorciser", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is exorciste, spelled E-X-O-R-C-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Prêtre à qui l’Église donne le droit d’exorciser.
- 2Celui ou celle, prêtre ou charlatan, qui remplit le même office.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exorciste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il lui reste un dernier recours. Croyant sincère, il appelle Dieu et l’église à l’aide. Un exorciste est donc consulté. Le spécialiste en diablerie reste dubitatif; ses formules vagues sont recueillies pieusement (c’est bien le moins) par la presse.
[Don Vincenzo] L’an dernier, un archevêque du Vatican m’a appelé à la rescousse : il n’y a pas d’exorciste à la basilique Saint-Pierre, et il y avait une personne très dérangée. En réalité, tout évêque ou cardinal peut être exorciste, mais peu sont habitués.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eoxrciste
- exocriste
- exorcciste
- exorciset
- exorcisste
- exorcistte
- exorcitse
- exorcsite
- exoricste
- exorrciste
- exrociste
- exxorciste
- xeorciste
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exorciste - 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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).