folk

\fɔlk\

/\fɔlk\/ noun

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The verdict

“folk” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,794. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,794
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme courte de musique folk.

Corpus desk

Index FR-folk · folk · French

folk · rank #13,794 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,794
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH FL

Nearest frequency peer: FL (-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 « folk »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « folk » 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).

folk vs fou
50% similar
folk vs for
50% similar
folk vs fox
50% similar

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

Key facts for folk
PropertyValue
Headwordfolk
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔlk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#13,794
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « folk »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).folkse 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 « FL » (#13,793), « forest » (#13,795), « finlandais » (#13,792). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « folk » est au #13,794. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around folk (IPA \fɔlk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,794 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forme courte de musique folk.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for folk, with forms such as "ffolk", "flok", and "fokl". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fou", "for", "fox", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is folk, spelled F-O-L-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forme courte de musique folk.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le folk que joue Dylan, même si avec Gretel Hoffmann il découvre Mississippi John Hurt et qu’avec Koerner on travaille Leadbelly, ce n’est pas tout de suite une musique radicale.
  2. La folk est une musique traditionnelle populaire modernisée, issue des musiques traditionnelles du monde.

This word in other languages

folk(English)folk(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffolk
  • flok
  • fokl
  • folkk
  • follk
  • oflk

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffolk1flok2fokl2folkk1follk1oflk2
Edit distance from "folk"

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 "folk"?
"folk" is spelled F-O-L-K. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔlk\.
What does "folk" mean?
As a noun, "folk" means: Forme courte de musique folk.
What words are commonly confused with "folk"?
"folk" is commonly confused with "fou", "for", "fox". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "folk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "folk" is \fɔlk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "folk" come from?
"folk" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Elvis6 variantsjenny6 variantsboard6 variantsaveux6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list