locaux

/\lɔ.ko\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,665

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

locaux is anFrenchadj. It means: Masculin pluriel de local. Pronounced \lɔ.ko\. It ranks #1,665 in French word frequency. Often confused with locus and loyaux.

Key facts for locaux
PropertyValue
Headwordlocaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\lɔ.ko\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,665
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of locaux in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for locaux is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɔ.ko\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,665 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Masculin pluriel de local.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for locaux, with forms such as "lcoaux", "llocaux", and "loacux". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "locus", "loyaux", "loca", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is locaux, spelled L-O-C-A-U-X, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de local.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lcoaux,llocaux,loacux,locauxx,locaxu,loccaux,locuax,olcaux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for locaux

Misspelling Variants of "locaux"

lcoaux6llocaux7loacux6locauxx7locaxu6loccaux7locuax6olcaux6
Misspelling Variants of "locaux"

Frequency rank: #1,665 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "locaux"?
"locaux" is spelled L-O-C-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \lɔ.ko\.
What does "locaux" mean?
As an adj, "locaux" means: Masculin pluriel de local.
What words are commonly confused with "locaux"?
"locaux" is commonly confused with "locus", "loyaux", "loca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "locaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "locaux" is \lɔ.ko\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "locaux" come from?
"locaux" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.