focalise

Name: focalise, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\fɔ.ka.liz\

/\fɔ.ka.liz\/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“focalise” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,596. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,596
frequency rank, French: 3,276
“F” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de focaliser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-focalise · focalise · French

focalise · rank #24,596 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #24,596
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 3,276
PHOTO-FINISH flottante

Nearest frequency peer: flottante (-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.

fleurir

75,408
flexibles

75,407
flottante

75,406
focalise

75,405
fourré

75,404
foute

75,403

What this shows « focalise » 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).

focalise vs focaliser

89% similar

focalise vs focalisent

80% similar

focalise vs focale

75% similar

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

Key facts for focalise
Property	Value
Headword	focalise
Language	French
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	\fɔ.ka.liz\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#24,596
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « focalise »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).focalisese place ici:

#24,596

#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 « flottante » (#24,595), « fourré » (#24,597), « flexibles » (#24,594). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « focalise » est au #24,596. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around focalise (IPA \fɔ.ka.liz\), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,596 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for focalise, with forms such as "fcoalise", "ffocalise", and "foaclise". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "focaliser", "focalisent", "focale", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is focalise, spelled F-O-C-A-L-I-S-E.

Definition

1
Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de focaliser.
2
Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de focaliser.
3
Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de focaliser.
4
Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de focaliser.
5
Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de focaliser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

fcoalise
ffocalise
foaclise
focailse
focalies
focalisse
focallise
focalsie
foccalise
foclaise
ofcalise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of focalise - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "focalise"

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 "focalise"?

"focalise" is spelled F-O-C-A-L-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ.ka.liz\.

What does "focalise" mean?

As a verb, "focalise" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de focaliser.

What words are commonly confused with "focalise"?

"focalise" is commonly confused with "focaliser", "focalisent", "focale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "focalise"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "focalise" is \fɔ.ka.liz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "focalise" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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