fracture

\fʁak.tyʁ\

/\fʁak.tyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“fracture” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,713. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,713
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rupture avec effort.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fracture · fracture · French

fracture · rank #8,713 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,713
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fouilles

Nearest frequency peer: fouilles (-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 « fracture »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fracture » 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).

fracture vs friture
75% similar
fracture vs fractures
89% similar
fracture vs facture
88% similar

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

Key facts for fracture
PropertyValue
Headwordfracture
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁak.tyʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,713
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fracture »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fracturese 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 « fouilles » (#8,712), « fusillade » (#8,714), « fixation » (#8,711). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fracture » est au #8,713. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around fracture (IPA \fʁak.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,713 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for fracture, with forms such as "farcture", "ffracture", and "fraccture". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "friture", "fractures", "facture", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fracture, spelled F-R-A-C-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rupture avec effort.
  2. 2
    Lésion osseuse consistant en une rupture accompagnée ou non de déplacement des téguments.
  3. 3
    Division au sein du corps social jugée anormale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Éclisse : petit morceau de bois plat & mince dont on se sert dans le jardinage comme en chirurgie, pour soutenir & garantir des fractures, en assujettissant les branches fêlées, & facilitant leur reprise.
  2. Une fracture du sol pouvait engloutir ses compagnons et lui.

This word in other languages

fracture(English)fractura(Español)Bruch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • farcture
  • ffracture
  • fraccture
  • fractrue
  • fractture
  • fractuer
  • fracturre
  • fracutre
  • fratcure
  • frcature
  • frracture
  • rfacture

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

farcture2ffracture1fraccture1fractrue2fractture1fractuer2fracturre1fracutre2
Edit distance from "fracture"

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 "fracture"?
"fracture" is spelled F-R-A-C-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁak.tyʁ\.
What does "fracture" mean?
As a noun, "fracture" means: Rupture avec effort.
What words are commonly confused with "fracture"?
"fracture" is commonly confused with "friture", "fractures", "facture". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fracture"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fracture" is \fʁak.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fracture" come from?
"fracture" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fouilles#8,712fixation#8,711habitent#8,718employer#8,700

Similar misspelling depth

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

espionnage12 variantshabituelle12 variantsdevenant12 variantsMitterrand12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list