extincteur
\ɛks.tɛ̃k.tœʁ\
The verdict
“extincteur” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,794. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,794
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui sert à éteindre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-extincteur · extincteur · French
extincteur · rank #38,794 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,794
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH expatriation
Nearest frequency peer: expatriation (-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 « extincteur »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- existences
existences
61,210 corpus weight
- exonérer
exonérer
61,209 corpus weight
- expatriation
expatriation
61,208 corpus weight
- extincteur
extincteur
61,207 corpus weight
- Fabrizio
Fabrizio
61,206 corpus weight
- facs
facs
61,205 corpus weight
What this shows « extincteur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extincteur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛks.tɛ̃k.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #38,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « extincteur »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around extincteur (IPA \ɛks.tɛ̃k.tœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,794 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui sert à éteindre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for extincteur, with forms such as "etxincteur", "exitncteur", and "exticnteur". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is extincteur, spelled E-X-T-I-N-C-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qui sert à éteindre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how extincteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les mousses extinctrices pour feux industriels de classe B sont conçues pour flotter et s'étaler à la surface des hydrocarbures.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etxincteur
- exitncteur
- exticnteur
- extinccteur
- extincetur
- extincteru
- extincteurr
- extinctteur
- extinctuer
- extinncteur
- extintceur
- extnicteur
- exttincteur
- exxtincteur
- xetincteur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extincteur - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).