formater

\fɔʁ.ma.te\

/\fɔʁ.ma.te\/ verb

The verdict

“formater” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,660. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,660
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Structurer des données ou un support de données selon un format standard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-formater · formater · French

formater · rank #49,660 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,660
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fluviaux

Nearest frequency peer: fluviaux (-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 « formater »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « formater » 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).

formater vs former
75% similar
formater vs formats
75% similar
formater vs Forster
63% similar

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

Key facts for formater
PropertyValue
Headwordformater
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɔʁ.ma.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#49,660
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « formater »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.formaterse place ici:

#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 « fluviaux » (#49,659), « fourniront » (#49,661), « freudienne » (#49,662). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « formater » est au #49,660. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around formater (IPA \fɔʁ.ma.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,660 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for formater, with forms such as "fformater", "fomrater", and "foramter". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "former", "formats", "Forster", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is formater, spelled F-O-R-M-A-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Structurer des données ou un support de données selon un format standard.
  2. 2
    Conformer à une norme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces documents sont formatés en PDF par défaut.
  2. Pour écrire sur une disquette, il faut au préalable la formater pour lui donner un format d’accueil de données : sectoriser ses faces puis - dans le cas d'une disquette FAT - créer le secteur BOOT, les FAT et le répertoire ROOT. Disquette sur Wikipédia.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fformater
  • fomrater
  • foramter
  • formaetr
  • formaterr
  • formatre
  • formatter
  • formmater
  • formtaer
  • forrmater
  • fromater
  • ofrmater

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fformater1fomrater2foramter2formaetr2formaterr1formatre2formatter1formmater1
Edit distance from "formater"

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 "formater"?
"formater" is spelled F-O-R-M-A-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔʁ.ma.te\.
What does "formater" mean?
As a verb, "formater" means: Structurer des données ou un support de données selon un format standard.
What words are commonly confused with "formater"?
"formater" is commonly confused with "former", "formats", "Forster". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "formater"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "formater" is \fɔʁ.ma.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "formater" come from?
"formater" 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 "formater", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list