formaliser
\fɔʁ.ma.li.ze\
The verdict
“formaliser” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,815. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,815
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Structurer de manière formelle, formuler avec précision selon les règles en vigueur dans un domaine scientifique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-formaliser · formaliser · French
formaliser · rank #38,815 · 15 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,815
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH forcing
Nearest frequency peer: forcing (-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 « formaliser »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- fléchir
fléchir
61,189 corpus weight
- forcera
forcera
61,188 corpus weight
- forcing
forcing
61,187 corpus weight
- formaliser
formaliser
61,186 corpus weight
- fourgons
fourgons
61,185 corpus weight
- frauduleuses
frauduleuses
61,183 corpus weight
What this shows « formaliser » 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 | formaliser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɔʁ.ma.li.ze\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #38,815 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « formaliser »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around formaliser (IPA \fɔʁ.ma.li.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,815 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Structurer de manière formelle, formuler avec précision selon les règles en vigueur dans un domaine scientifique.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for formaliser, with forms such as "fformaliser", "fomraliser", and "foramliser". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "formalité", "formalités", "formalisme", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is formaliser, spelled F-O-R-M-A-L-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Structurer de manière formelle, formuler avec précision selon les règles en vigueur dans un domaine scientifique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how formaliser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a formalisé sa démonstration mathématique.
La théorie des ensembles est formalisée par Bolzano (1851), Dedekind (1872-1888) et Cantor (1874-1891).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fformaliser
- fomraliser
- foramliser
- formailser
- formaliesr
- formaliserr
- formalisre
- formalisser
- formalliser
- formalsier
- formlaiser
- formmaliser
- forrmaliser
- fromaliser
- ofrmaliser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of formaliser - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "formaliser"?
What does "formaliser" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "formaliser"?
How do you pronounce "formaliser"?
What language does "formaliser" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "formaliser", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).