heaven
\ˈhɛv.ən\
The verdict
“heaven” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,115. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,115
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-heaven · heaven · French
heaven · rank #34,115 · 8 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,115
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH HDMI
Nearest frequency peer: HDMI (-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 « heaven »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Hanson
Hanson
65,889 corpus weight
- havas
havas
65,888 corpus weight
- HDMI
HDMI
65,887 corpus weight
- heaven
heaven
65,886 corpus weight
- hippopotame
hippopotame
65,885 corpus weight
- hivernales
hivernales
65,884 corpus weight
What this shows « heaven » 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 | heaven |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈhɛv.ən\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #34,115 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « heaven »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around heaven (IPA \ˈhɛv.ən\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,115 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for heaven, with forms such as "ehaven", "haeven", and "heaevn". 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, "Hervé", "helen", "heavy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is heaven, spelled H-E-A-V-E-N.
Definition
- 1Ciel.
- 2Ciel.
- 3Ciel.
- 4Ciel, paradis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heaven appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I won the part in the new play, and now I’m in heaven.
The qualitie of mercie is not ſtraind, it droppeth as the gentle raine from heauen vpon the place beneathc.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehaven
- haeven
- heaevn
- heavenn
- heavne
- heavven
- hevaen
- hheaven
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of heaven - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "heaven", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).