Missouri

\mi.su.ʁi\

/\mi.su.ʁi\/ name

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The verdict

“Missouri” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,483. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,483
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Affluent du Mississippi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-missouri · Missouri · French

Missouri · rank #17,483 · 9 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,483
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mirage

Nearest frequency peer: mirage (-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 « Missouri »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Missouri » 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
Key facts for Missouri
PropertyValue
HeadwordMissouri
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\mi.su.ʁi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,483
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Missouri »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mirage » (#17,482), « monastères » (#17,484), « minéral » (#17,481). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Missouri » est au #17,483. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Missouri (IPA \mi.su.ʁi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,483 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Missouri, with forms such as "imssouri", "misosuri", and "misouri". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Missouri, spelled M-I-S-S-O-U-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Affluent du Mississippi.
  2. 2
    Un des cinquante États des États-Unis d’Amérique (code postal MO), bordé par l’Iowa au nord, l’Illinois à l’est, le Kentucky et le Tennessee au sud-est, l’Arkansas au sud, l’Oklahoma au sud-ouest, le Kansas à l’ouest, et le Nebraska au nord-ouest. Sa capitale est Jefferson City.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Missouri [est une] grande riviere de l’Amérique septentrionale dans la Louisiane, & l’une des plus rapides qu’on connoisse. Elle court nord-ouest & sud-est, & tombe dans le Mississipi, 5 ou 6 lieues plus bas que le lac des Illinois. Quand elle entre dans le Mississipi, on ne peut guere distinguer quelle est la plus grande des deux rivieres, & le Missou…
  2. Cette ville, située à une altitude de mille toises sur le revers oriental des Rocheuses, au bord d’un torrent tributaire du Missouri, forme un vaste entrepôt pour les produits miniers de la région, et compte de quatorze à quinze mille habitants.

This word in other languages

Missouri(English)Misuri(Español)Missouri(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imssouri
  • misosuri
  • misouri
  • missorui
  • missouir
  • missourri
  • missuori
  • mmissouri
  • msisouri

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Missouri - 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.

imssouri2misosuri2misouri1missorui2missouir2missourri1missuori2mmissouri1
Edit distance from "Missouri"

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 "Missouri"?
"Missouri" is spelled M-I-S-S-O-U-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.su.ʁi\.
What does "Missouri" mean?
As a proper noun, "Missouri" means: Affluent du Mississippi.
What are common misspellings of "Missouri"?
Common misspellings include "imssouri", "misosuri", "misouri", "missorui", "missouir". The correct spelling is "Missouri".
How do you pronounce "Missouri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Missouri" is \mi.su.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Missouri" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marxisme#17,479mouchoir#17,487nautique#17,492nouilles#17,496

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

légume9 variantsluttent9 variantsLarousse9 variantshôtesse9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list