ghost

\ɡɔst\

/\ɡɔst\/ noun

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The verdict

“ghost” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,636. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,636
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clone de données, effectué à l'aide du célèbre logiciel Ghost.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ghost · ghost · French

ghost · rank #15,636 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,636
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH GB

Nearest frequency peer: GB (-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 « ghost »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ghost » 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).

ghost vs got
60% similar
ghost vs gros
60% similar
ghost vs goût
60% similar

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

Key facts for ghost
PropertyValue
Headwordghost
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɔst\
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,636
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ghost »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ghostse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « GB » (#15,635), « Giovanni » (#15,637), « fossile » (#15,634). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « ghost » est au #15,636. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around ghost (IPA \ɡɔst\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,636 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Clone de données, effectué à l'aide du célèbre logiciel Ghost.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ghost, with forms such as "gghost", "ghhost", and "ghosst". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "got", "gros", "goût", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ghost, spelled G-H-O-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Clone de données, effectué à l'aide du célèbre logiciel Ghost.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Faire un ghost (image système) de Windows et Linux avec Ubuntu

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gghost
  • ghhost
  • ghosst
  • ghostt
  • ghots
  • ghsot
  • gohst
  • hgost

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ghost - 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.

gghost1ghhost1ghosst1ghostt1ghots2ghsot2gohst2hgost2
Edit distance from "ghost"

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 "ghost"?
"ghost" is spelled G-H-O-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔst\.
What does "ghost" mean?
As a noun, "ghost" means: Clone de données, effectué à l'aide du célèbre logiciel Ghost.
What words are commonly confused with "ghost"?
"ghost" is commonly confused with "got", "gros", "goût". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ghost"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ghost" is \ɡɔst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ghost" come from?
"ghost" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

haies#15,639heart#15,642Felix#15,625dunes#15,609

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

fossile8 variantsidoles8 variantsensuit8 variantsDupuis8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list