focale

\fɔ.kal\

/\fɔ.kal\/ noun

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The verdict

“focale” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,965. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,965
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Distance focale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-focale · focale · French

focale · rank #31,965 · 8 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,965
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH flashs

Nearest frequency peer: flashs (-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 « focale »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « focale » 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).

focale vs foule
67% similar
focale vs folle
67% similar
focale vs forage
67% similar

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

Key facts for focale
PropertyValue
Headwordfocale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔ.kal\
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,965
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « focale »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.focalese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « flashs » (#31,964), « framboises » (#31,966), « flashback » (#31,963). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « focale » est au #31,965. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around focale (IPA \fɔ.kal\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,965 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 focale, with forms such as "fcoale", "ffocale", and "foacle". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "foule", "folle", "forage", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is focale, spelled F-O-C-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Distance focale.
  2. 2
    Sorte de courbe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il suffit de se rappeler un critère de base : plus la focale est longue, plus le panoramique doit être lent. Autrement dit, il faut plutôt panoter avec un grand-angle qu'avec un téléobjectif.
  2. Sur quelques plans où on utilisait une focale plus longue, on refaisait 10 fois la prise pour en avoir 2 de bonnes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fcoale
  • ffocale
  • foacle
  • focael
  • focalle
  • foccale
  • foclae
  • ofcale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fcoale2ffocale1foacle2focael2focalle1foccale1foclae2ofcale2
Edit distance from "focale"

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 "focale"?
"focale" is spelled F-O-C-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ.kal\.
What does "focale" mean?
As a noun, "focale" means: Distance focale.
What words are commonly confused with "focale"?
"focale" is commonly confused with "foule", "folle", "forage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "focale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "focale" is \fɔ.kal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "focale" come from?
"focale" 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 "focale", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

flashs#31,964galons#31,971gisant#31,976Edmund#31,945

Similar misspelling depth

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

Guinness8 variantsDrouot8 variantsdoucet8 variantsimpoli8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list