féroce
\fe.ʁɔs\
The verdict
“féroce” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,176. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,176
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est cruel par instinct, en parlant des bêtes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-feroce · féroce · French
féroce · rank #13,176 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,176
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fours
Nearest frequency peer: fours (-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 “féroce”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- forestière
forestière
86,827 corpus weight
- fours
fours
86,826 corpus weight
- féroce
féroce
86,825 corpus weight
- gagnez
gagnez
86,824 corpus weight
- gendre
gendre
86,823 corpus weight
- gravures
gravures
86,822 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “féroce” 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 | féroce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fe.ʁɔs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “féroce” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around féroce (IPA \fe.ʁɔs\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,176 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for féroce, with forms such as "feroce", "fféroce", and "fréoce". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "froc", "force", "frôle", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is féroce, spelled F-É-R-O-C-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est cruel par instinct, en parlant des bêtes.
- 2Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
- 3Qui est porté à la cruauté, en parlant des hommes.
- 4Qualifie ces sentiments ou ces attitudes cruels.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how féroce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On exposait les martyrs aux bêtes féroces.
Les lions, les tigres sont des animaux féroces.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- feroce
- fféroce
- fréoce
- féorce
- fércoe
- férocce
- féroec
- férroce
- éfroce
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of féroce - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "féroce", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "féroce". Here's where to go from here.
- "féroce" maps to 13 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "froc". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #13,176 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "F" letter cohort. F–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.