Limoux
\li.mu\
The verdict
“Limoux” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,270. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,270
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aude.
Corpus desk
Index FR-limoux · Limoux · French
Limoux · rank #46,270 · 8 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,270
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH ligature
Nearest frequency peer: ligature (-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 « Limoux »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Lecoq
Lecoq
53,734 corpus weight
- Lelièvre
Lelièvre
53,733 corpus weight
- ligature
ligature
53,732 corpus weight
- Limoux
Limoux
53,731 corpus weight
- loos
loos
53,730 corpus weight
- loque
loque
53,729 corpus weight
What this shows « Limoux » 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 | Limoux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \li.mu\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #46,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Limoux »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Limoux (IPA \li.mu\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #46,270 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aude.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Limoux, with forms such as "ilmoux", "limmoux", and "limouxx". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Linux", "lieux", "Leroux", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Limoux, spelled L-I-M-O-U-X.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aude.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Limoux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 1240, ce jeune vicomte Raymond de Trincavel, dernier des vicomtes de Béziers, […] s’empare, sans se heurter à une sérieuse résistance, des châteaux de Montréal, des villes de Montolieu, de Saissac, de Limoux, d’Azillan, de Laurens et se présente devant Carcassonne.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilmoux
- limmoux
- limouxx
- limoxu
- limuox
- liomux
- llimoux
- lmioux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Limoux - 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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).