falcon
\fal.kɔ̃\
The verdict
“falcon” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,719
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voix de soprano dramatique puissante et sonore dans les graves mais capable de monter dans les aigus, sans s’y attarder toutefois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-falcon · falcon · French
falcon · rank #20,719 · 8 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,719
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fabriquent
Nearest frequency peer: fabriquent (-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 « falcon »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- expliquée
expliquée
79,285 corpus weight
- fabriquent
fabriquent
79,283 corpus weight
- falcon
falcon
79,282 corpus weight
- fanatique
fanatique
79,281 corpus weight
- Favre
Favre
79,280 corpus weight
- ficelle
ficelle
79,279 corpus weight
What this shows « falcon » 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 | falcon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fal.kɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « falcon »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around falcon (IPA \fal.kɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,719 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for falcon, with forms such as "aflcon", "faclon", and "falccon". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "filon", "fanon", "fillon", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is falcon, spelled F-A-L-C-O-N.
Definition
- 1Voix de soprano dramatique puissante et sonore dans les graves mais capable de monter dans les aigus, sans s’y attarder toutefois.
- 2Cantatrice qui possède ce registre de voix.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how falcon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il en est de même chez les femmes où l’on sépare le soprano aigu et le soprano dramatique ; de plus, à côté des trois types de voix, on a créé des falcons, des dugazons, etc.
Notre technique moderne a inventé un classement plus compliqué pour les chanteuses, et les expressions : falcon, soprano dramatique ou léger, mezzo soprano et contralto sont inconnues au XVIIIᵉ siècle.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aflcon
- faclon
- falccon
- falcno
- falconn
- fallcon
- falocn
- ffalcon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of falcon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).