naviguer
\na.vi.ɡe\
The verdict
“naviguer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,098. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,098
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aller sur mer, sur un lac, sur une rivière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-naviguer · naviguer · French
naviguer · rank #14,098 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,098
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH môme
Nearest frequency peer: môme (-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 « naviguer »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- muse
muse
85,906 corpus weight
- mèche
mèche
85,905 corpus weight
- môme
môme
85,904 corpus weight
- naviguer
naviguer
85,903 corpus weight
- network
network
85,902 corpus weight
- neutres
neutres
85,901 corpus weight
What this shows « naviguer » 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 | naviguer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \na.vi.ɡe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « naviguer »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around naviguer (IPA \na.vi.ɡe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,098 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for naviguer, with forms such as "anviguer", "naivguer", and "navgiuer". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "navigué", "narguer", "naviguent", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is naviguer, spelled N-A-V-I-G-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Aller sur mer, sur un lac, sur une rivière.
- 2Piloter ; conduire, en parlant d'un navire ou d'un aéronef.
- 3Tenir l'eau.
- 4Surfer, parcourir le web avec un navigateur Web.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how naviguer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lui-même, à son dernier congé, en plaisantait devant moi, d’être un gradé de la marine qui, comme le petit navire de la chanson, n’avait ja-ja-jamais navigué.
Naviguer le long des côtes, en pleine mer, sur un fleuve.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anviguer
- naivguer
- navgiuer
- navigeur
- navigguer
- naviguerr
- navigure
- naviuger
- navviguer
- nnaviguer
- nvaiguer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of naviguer - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "naviguer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).