microscope

\mi.kʁɔs.kɔp\

/\mi.kʁɔs.kɔp\/ noun

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The verdict

“microscope” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,082. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,082
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument d'optique qui a la propriété de faire paraître les petits objets plus gros qu’ils ne paraissent à l’œil nu, essentiellement composé d’un objectif et d’un oculaire qui sont renfermés dans...

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Index FR-microscope · microscope · French

microscope · rank #21,082 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #21,082
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Michaud

Nearest frequency peer: Michaud (-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 « microscope »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « microscope » 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).

microscope vs microscopie
91% similar

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

Key facts for microscope
PropertyValue
Headwordmicroscope
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.kʁɔs.kɔp\
Letters10
Frequency rank#21,082
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « microscope »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).microscopese 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 « Michaud » (#21,081), « militairement » (#21,083), « mesurent » (#21,080). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « microscope » est au #21,082. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around microscope (IPA \mi.kʁɔs.kɔp\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,082 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for microscope, with forms such as "imcroscope", "mciroscope", and "miccroscope". 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, "microscopie", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is microscope, spelled M-I-C-R-O-S-C-O-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrument d'optique qui a la propriété de faire paraître les petits objets plus gros qu’ils ne paraissent à l’œil nu, essentiellement composé d’un objectif et d’un oculaire qui sont renfermés dans un tube.
  2. 2
    Ce qui grossit les choses abstraites, intellectuelles ou morales, comme le microscope grossit les petits objets.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le diamètre a été mesuré à l’aide d’un microscope muni d’un micromètre oculaire qui avait été comparé préalablement à un micromètre étalon placé dans l’objectif.
  2. Seize jours après l’injection, les ganglions prépectoraux sont encore les seuls où le carmin soit visible à l’œil nu, mais on le retrouve, au microscope, dans les ganglions œsophagiens et bronchiques.

Antonyms

télescope

This word in other languages

microscope(English)microscopio(Español)Mikroskop(Deutsch)microscópio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imcroscope
  • mciroscope
  • miccroscope
  • micorscope
  • microcsope
  • microsccope
  • microscoep
  • microscoppe
  • microscpoe
  • microsocpe
  • microsscope
  • micrroscope
  • micrsocope
  • mircoscope
  • mmicroscope

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imcroscope2mciroscope2miccroscope1micorscope2microcsope2microsccope1microscoep2microscoppe1
Edit distance from "microscope"

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 "microscope"?
"microscope" is spelled M-I-C-R-O-S-C-O-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.kʁɔs.kɔp\.
What does "microscope" mean?
As a noun, "microscope" means: Instrument d'optique qui a la propriété de faire paraître les petits objets plus gros qu’ils ne paraissent à l’œil nu, essentiellement composé d’un objectif et d’un oculaire qui sont renfermés dans...
What words are commonly confused with "microscope"?
"microscope" is commonly confused with "microscopie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "microscope"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "microscope" is \mi.kʁɔs.kɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "microscope" come from?
"microscope" 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 "microscope", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mobilisent#21,085lointaines#21,067phonétique#21,110poursuivra#21,119

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

projectile15 variantsprésences15 variantsFrédérique15 variantsretrouvant15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list