lens
\ˈlɛnz\
The verdict
“lens” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,866. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,866
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lentille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lens · lens · French
lens · rank #9,866 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,866
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH laïque
Nearest frequency peer: laïque (-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 « lens »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- justes
justes
90,138 corpus weight
- ko
ko
90,137 corpus weight
- laïque
laïque
90,136 corpus weight
- lens
lens
90,135 corpus weight
- liaisons
liaisons
90,134 corpus weight
- linéaire
linéaire
90,133 corpus weight
What this shows « lens » 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 | lens |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈlɛnz\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lens »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around lens (IPA \ˈlɛnz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,866 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for lens, with forms such as "elns", "lenns", and "lenss". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LS", "les", "lis", and more, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lens, spelled L-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1Lentille.
- 2Lentille.
- 3Lentille (plante).
- 4Cristallin.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elns
- lenns
- lenss
- lesn
- llens
- lnes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lens - 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 "lens", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).