folklore
\fɔl.klɔʁ\
The verdict
“folklore” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,955. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,955
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ensemble des arts et traditions populaires, d'un pays, d'une région, d'un groupe humain.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | folklore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔl.klɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “folklore” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around folklore (IPA \fɔl.klɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,955 among 137,178 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ensemble des arts et traditions populaires, d'un pays, d'une région, d'un groupe humain.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for folklore, with forms such as "ffolklore", "floklore", and "fokllore". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is folklore, spelled F-O-L-K-L-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des arts et traditions populaires, d'un pays, d'une région, d'un groupe humain.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffolklore
- floklore
- fokllore
- folkklore
- folkllore
- folkloer
- folklorre
- folklroe
- folkolre
- follklore
- follkore
- oflklore
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of folklore - 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.
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.
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Using “folklore”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-L-K-L-O-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɔl.klɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.