locus
\lɔ.kys\
The verdict
“locus” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,439. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,439
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Emplacement d’un gène sur un chromosome.
Corpus desk
Index FR-locus · locus · French
locus · rank #42,439 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,439
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH locatives
Nearest frequency peer: locatives (-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 « locus »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- littorale
littorale
57,565 corpus weight
- Livia
Livia
57,564 corpus weight
- locatives
locatives
57,563 corpus weight
- locus
locus
57,562 corpus weight
- loins
loins
57,561 corpus weight
- lotissements
lotissements
57,560 corpus weight
What this shows « locus » 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 | locus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɔ.kys\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #42,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « locus »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around locus (IPA \lɔ.kys\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,439 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for locus, with forms such as "llocus", "loccus", and "locsu". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Los", "lou", "lus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is locus, spelled L-O-C-U-S.
Definition
- 1Emplacement d’un gène sur un chromosome.
- 2Lieu de fouilles délimitant des zones d’occupation humaine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how locus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les gènes sont situés en des endroits particuliers de chaque chromosome, correspondant à des sites bien déterminés de la molécule d’ADN nommés ici loci (pluriel de locus). Les gènes d’un locus donné agissent sur un caractère précis… Ces différentes versions d’un même gène au même locus sont appelées allèles.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llocus
- loccus
- locsu
- locuss
- loucs
- olcus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of locus - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).