Linux
\li.nyks\
The verdict
“Linux” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,417. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,417
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Noyau de système d’exploitation développé sous licence GPL et adoptant une architecture de type UNIX.
Corpus desk
Index FR-linux · Linux · French
Linux · rank #8,417 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,417
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH levier
Nearest frequency peer: levier (-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 « Linux »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- levant
levant
91,586 corpus weight
- levier
levier
91,585 corpus weight
- Linux
Linux
91,584 corpus weight
- locataires
locataires
91,583 corpus weight
- lycées
lycées
91,582 corpus weight
- M6
M6
91,580 corpus weight
What this shows « Linux » 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 | Linux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \li.nyks\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Linux »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Linux (IPA \li.nyks\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,417 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Linux, with forms such as "ilnux", "linnux", and "linuxx". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lux", "lynx", "lin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Linux, spelled L-I-N-U-X.
Definition
- 1Noyau de système d’exploitation développé sous licence GPL et adoptant une architecture de type UNIX.
- 2Système d’exploitation basé sur ce noyau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Linux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Né en 1991, Linux est un noyau de système d'exploitation (en anglais kernel) permettant de gérer l'exécution d'application que ce soit sur un terminal ou un serveur. Il se charge également de piloter l'ensemble des processus matériels associés, informatiques et réseau. Linux est disponible en open source sous licence GNU, pour GNU GPL (voir le site offici…
Le noyau Linux est central pour le système d'exploitation de l'ordinateur Linux. Le noyau est l'interface de base entre le hardware d'un ordinateur et ses processus. Elle s'assure de la disponibilité de la mémoire pour les applications Linux à exécuter, optimise les processeurs et en retrouve la configuration système requise entre les applications.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilnux
- linnux
- linuxx
- linxu
- liunx
- llinux
- lniux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Linux - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).