horizons
^((h muet))\ɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃\
The verdict
“horizons” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,886. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,886
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de horizon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-horizons · horizons · French
horizons · rank #10,886 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,886
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH how
Nearest frequency peer: how (+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 « horizons »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- habille
habille
89,118 corpus weight
- handicapé
handicapé
89,117 corpus weight
- horizons
horizons
89,115 corpus weight
- how
how
89,114 corpus weight
- humiliation
humiliation
89,113 corpus weight
- identifiés
identifiés
89,112 corpus weight
What this shows « horizons » 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 | horizons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h muet))\ɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « horizons »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around horizons (IPA ^((h muet))\ɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,886 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de horizon.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for horizons, with forms such as "hhorizons", "hoirzons", and "horiozns". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "horizonte", "horizon", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is horizons, spelled H-O-R-I-Z-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de horizon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how horizons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les sous-disciples du maître-géographe, ayant épuisé le genre et la veine, se sont tournés vers d’autres horizons, au risque de se perdre, ou d’éclater en chapelles et en hyper-spécialités ; mais ils ont eu raison.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhorizons
- hoirzons
- horiozns
- horiznos
- horizonns
- horizonss
- horizosn
- horizzons
- horrizons
- horzions
- hroizons
- ohrizons
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of horizons - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "horizons", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).