locomotives
\lɔ.kɔ.mɔ.tiv\
The verdict
“locomotives” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,380. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,380
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de locomotif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-locomotives · locomotives · French
locomotives · rank #21,380 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #21,380
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH localisée
Nearest frequency peer: localisée (-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 « locomotives »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- litière
litière
78,623 corpus weight
- localisée
localisée
78,622 corpus weight
- locomotives
locomotives
78,621 corpus weight
- lunes
lunes
78,620 corpus weight
- mages
mages
78,619 corpus weight
- majestueux
majestueux
78,618 corpus weight
What this shows « locomotives » 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 | locomotives |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \lɔ.kɔ.mɔ.tiv\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #21,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « locomotives »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around locomotives (IPA \lɔ.kɔ.mɔ.tiv\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,380 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de locomotif.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for locomotives, with forms such as "lcoomotives", "llocomotives", and "loccomotives". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "locomotive", 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, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is locomotives, spelled L-O-C-O-M-O-T-I-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de locomotif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how locomotives appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelle différence entre ces nobles bêtes qui ont conservé leur belle forme primitive et ces machines locomotives en muscles et en os, qu’on appelle des coureurs anglais, et qui n’ont plus du cheval que quatre jambes et une épine dorsale pour poser un jockey !
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lcoomotives
- llocomotives
- loccomotives
- locmootives
- locommotives
- locomoitves
- locomotievs
- locomotivess
- locomotivse
- locomotivves
- locomottives
- locomotvies
- locomtoives
- locoomtives
- loocmotives
- olcomotives
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of locomotives - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).