forceps
\fɔʁ.sɛps\
The verdict
“forceps” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,463. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,463
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument en forme de grandes et larges pinces, dont on se sert dans les accouchements laborieux pour l’extraction de l’enfant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-forceps · forceps · French
forceps · rank #44,463 · 11 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,463
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH flame
Nearest frequency peer: flame (-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 « forceps »
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- fentanyl
fentanyl
55,541 corpus weight
- fidélisation
fidélisation
55,540 corpus weight
- flame
flame
55,539 corpus weight
- forceps
forceps
55,538 corpus weight
- formalisati…
formalisation
55,537 corpus weight
- fortuit
fortuit
55,536 corpus weight
What this shows « forceps » 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forceps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔʁ.sɛps\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #44,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « forceps »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around forceps (IPA \fɔʁ.sɛps\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,463 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for forceps, with forms such as "fforceps", "focreps", and "forcceps". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "forces", "formes", "fortes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is forceps, spelled F-O-R-C-E-P-S.
Definition
- 1Instrument en forme de grandes et larges pinces, dont on se sert dans les accouchements laborieux pour l’extraction de l’enfant.
- 2Appendices en forme de pinces situés à l'apex de l'abdomen chez les forficules.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how forceps appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un cocher, une cuisinière, une femme de chambre demeuraient au service de tante Félicia, sœur cadette du père Frontenac, idiote depuis sa naissance (le médecin s’était, disait-on, servi du forceps avec trop de vigueur).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fforceps
- focreps
- forcceps
- forcepps
- forcepss
- forcesp
- forcpes
- forecps
- forrceps
- froceps
- ofrceps
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forceps - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).