fjord

\fjɔʁd\

/\fjɔʁd\/ noun

The verdict

“fjord” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,411. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,411
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crique qui s’enfonce profondément dans la côte, en Scandinavie ou en Écosse, sur l’emplacement d’une ancienne vallée glaciaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fjord · fjord · French

fjord · rank #32,411 · 8 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,411
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH finalisé

Nearest frequency peer: finalisé (-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 « fjord »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fjord » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fjord vs for
60% similar
fjord vs fort
60% similar
fjord vs fond
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fjord
PropertyValue
Headwordfjord
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fjɔʁd\
Letters5
Frequency rank#32,411
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fjord »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fjordse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « finalisé » (#32,410), « fumait » (#32,412), « ferreira » (#32,409). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fjord » est au #32,411. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around fjord (IPA \fjɔʁd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,411 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Crique qui s’enfonce profondément dans la côte, en Scandinavie ou en Écosse, sur l’emplacement d’une ancienne vallée glaciaire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fjord, with forms such as "ffjord", "fjjord", and "fjodr". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "for", "fort", "fond", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fjord, spelled F-J-O-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Crique qui s’enfonce profondément dans la côte, en Scandinavie ou en Écosse, sur l’emplacement d’une ancienne vallée glaciaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fjord appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Chaque fjord islandais a un petit chef-lieu où le steamer fait escale cinq ou six fois dans le cours d’une année. Dans ces localités résident des marchands […].
  2. L’inlandsis du continent groenlandais se déversant lentement mais continuellement dans les fjords par des glaciers importants, vêle des icebergs de tailles variant à l’infini […].

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffjord
  • fjjord
  • fjodr
  • fjordd
  • fjorrd
  • fjrod
  • fojrd
  • jford

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fjord - 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.

ffjord1fjjord1fjodr2fjordd1fjorrd1fjrod2fojrd2jford2
Edit distance from "fjord"

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

How do you spell "fjord"?
"fjord" is spelled F-J-O-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \fjɔʁd\.
What does "fjord" mean?
As a noun, "fjord" means: Crique qui s’enfonce profondément dans la côte, en Scandinavie ou en Écosse, sur l’emplacement d’une ancienne vallée glaciaire.
What words are commonly confused with "fjord"?
"fjord" is commonly confused with "for", "fort", "fond". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fjord"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fjord" is \fjɔʁd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fjord" come from?
"fjord" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fjord", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list