horoscope
^((h muet))\ɔ.ʁɔs.kɔp\
The verdict
“horoscope” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,397. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,397
- frequency rank, French
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Observation qu’on faisait de la position des astres au moment de la naissance de quelqu’un, et par laquelle les astrologues prétendaient juger de ce qui doit arriver au nouveau-né dans le cours de ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | horoscope |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h muet))\ɔ.ʁɔs.kɔp\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “horoscope” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around horoscope (IPA ^((h muet))\ɔ.ʁɔs.kɔp\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,397 among 109,908 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for horoscope, with forms such as "hhoroscope", "hoorscope", and "horocsope". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 horoscope, spelled H-O-R-O-S-C-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1Observation qu’on faisait de la position des astres au moment de la naissance de quelqu’un, et par laquelle les astrologues prétendaient juger de ce qui doit arriver au nouveau-né dans le cours de sa vie.
- 2Ce qu’on prédit par simple conjecture sur le sort de quelqu’un ou sur le résultat de quelque chose.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhoroscope
- hoorscope
- horocsope
- horosccope
- horoscoep
- horoscoppe
- horoscpoe
- horosocpe
- horosscope
- horroscope
- horsocope
- hrooscope
- ohroscope
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of horoscope - 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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Using “horoscope”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-R-O-S-C-O-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h muet))\ɔ.ʁɔs.kɔp\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.