localiser

\lɔ.ka.li.ze\

/\lɔ.ka.li.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“localiser” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,608. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,608
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déterminer avec un certain degré de précision l’emplacement physique de quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-localiser · localiser · French

localiser · rank #11,608 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,608
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lanceur

Nearest frequency peer: lanceur (-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 « localiser »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « localiser » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

localiser vs localité
67% similar
localiser vs localités
67% similar
localiser vs localisés
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for localiser
PropertyValue
Headwordlocaliser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\lɔ.ka.li.ze\
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,608
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « localiser »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.localiserse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « lanceur » (#11,607), « logis » (#11,609), « karma » (#11,606). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « localiser » est au #11,608. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around localiser (IPA \lɔ.ka.li.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,608 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for localiser, with forms such as "lcoaliser", "llocaliser", and "loacliser". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "localité", "localités", "localisés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is localiser, spelled L-O-C-A-L-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déterminer avec un certain degré de précision l’emplacement physique de quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Rapporter à une date.
  3. 3
    Circonscrire dans tel ou tel endroit de l’organisme.
  4. 4
    Désigner l’endroit où réside une cause morbide.
  5. 5
    Délimiter une chose pour en réduire les effets.
  6. 6
    Régionaliser ; adapter un logiciel au contexte local (langue, culture).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how localiser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Certaines nuits, donc, les murs de la villa de M. et Mᵐᵉ Bourdon se mirent à résonner sous les coups terrifiants d’un esprit frappeur si malin que personne ne put le localiser.
  2. Cet animal s’oriente dans l’espace par écholocation : il émet des sons de très haute fréquence et utilise l’écho renvoyé par les obstacles ou les proies pour les localiser.

This word in other languages

localize(English)localizar(Español)orten(Deutsch)localizar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lcoaliser
  • llocaliser
  • loacliser
  • locailser
  • localiesr
  • localiserr
  • localisre
  • localisser
  • localliser
  • localsier
  • loccaliser
  • loclaiser
  • olcaliser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of localiser - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lcoaliser2llocaliser1loacliser2locailser2localiesr2localiserr1localisre2localisser1
Edit distance from "localiser"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "localiser"?
"localiser" is spelled L-O-C-A-L-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \lɔ.ka.li.ze\.
What does "localiser" mean?
As a verb, "localiser" means: Déterminer avec un certain degré de précision l’emplacement physique de quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "localiser"?
"localiser" is commonly confused with "localité", "localités", "localisés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "localiser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "localiser" is \lɔ.ka.li.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "localiser" come from?
"localiser" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "localiser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hostilité#11,600fiabilité#11,583fantasmes#11,581politesse#11,636

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

désignés13 variantsprétendu13 variantssuspendue13 variantsagrément13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list