Francfort
\fʁɑ̃k.fɔʁ\
The verdict
“Francfort” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,833. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,833
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Francfort-sur-le-Main.
Corpus desk
Index FR-francfort · Francfort · French
Francfort · rank #7,833 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #7,833
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fox
Nearest frequency peer: fox (-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 « Francfort »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- foudre
foudre
92,171 corpus weight
- fournis
fournis
92,170 corpus weight
- fox
fox
92,169 corpus weight
- Francfort
Francfort
92,168 corpus weight
- games
games
92,167 corpus weight
- gaulois
gaulois
92,166 corpus weight
What this shows « Francfort » 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 | Francfort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \fʁɑ̃k.fɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,833 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Francfort »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Francfort (IPA \fʁɑ̃k.fɔʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #7,833 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Francfort, with forms such as "farncfort", "ffrancfort", and "fracnfort". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Frankfurt", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Francfort, spelled F-R-A-N-C-F-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Francfort-sur-le-Main.
- 2Francfort-sur-l’Oder.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Francfort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il s'est mis en frais pour la nouvelle édition du Siècle de Louis XIV; il n'a épargné aucun soin; et voilà que, pour fruit de ses peines, M. de La Beaumelle fait imprimer sous main une édition subreptice à Francfort, ville impériale, malgré le privilège de l'empereur, dont Walther est en possession.
Dans mon dernier passage à Francfort, j’avais trouvé mon oncle en possession de la maison et du jardin ; en sage fils, semblable à son père, il s’éleva aux plus hautes dignités de la république.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- farncfort
- ffrancfort
- fracnfort
- franccfort
- francffort
- francforrt
- francfortt
- francfotr
- francfrot
- francofrt
- franfcort
- franncfort
- frnacfort
- frrancfort
- rfancfort
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Francfort - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).