Godefroy
The verdict
“Godefroy” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,574. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,574
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-godefroy · Godefroy · French
Godefroy · rank #28,574 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,574
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Gertrude
Nearest frequency peer: Gertrude (-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 « Godefroy »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- gastrique
gastrique
71,430 corpus weight
- Gertrude
Gertrude
71,428 corpus weight
- Godefroy
Godefroy
71,427 corpus weight
- graffitis
graffitis
71,426 corpus weight
- greffer
greffer
71,425 corpus weight
- groove
groove
71,424 corpus weight
What this shows « Godefroy » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Godefroy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,574 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Godefroy »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Godefroy, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,574 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Godefroy, with forms such as "gdoefroy", "ggodefroy", and "goddefroy". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Godefroy, spelled G-O-D-E-F-R-O-Y.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Godefroy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rédaction • Alexia Fourcaud, Marine Godefroy, Marion Cortes, Cécile Lambert, Julie Hébert, Stéphanie Deschauwer
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gdoefroy
- ggodefroy
- goddefroy
- godeffroy
- godefory
- godefroyy
- godefrroy
- godefryo
- goderfoy
- godferoy
- goedfroy
- ogdefroy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Godefroy - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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).