occurence
\ɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃s\
The verdict
“occurence” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,456. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,456
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de occurrence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-occurence · occurence · French
occurence · rank #38,456 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,456
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH obtus
Nearest frequency peer: obtus (-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 « occurence »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- observa
observa
61,548 corpus weight
- obtiendrez
obtiendrez
61,547 corpus weight
- obtus
obtus
61,546 corpus weight
- occurence
occurence
61,545 corpus weight
- octroyée
octroyée
61,544 corpus weight
- oda
oda
61,543 corpus weight
What this shows « occurence » 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 | occurence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #38,456 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « occurence »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around occurence (IPA \ɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,456 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante orthographique de occurrence.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for occurence, with forms such as "cocurence", "occruence", and "occuernce". 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 also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "occurrence", "occurrences", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is occurence, spelled O-C-C-U-R-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de occurrence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how occurence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si j’étois bien ſûr que la Princeſſe fût dans la Place, l’Enchanteur qui protege la Dame, & qui ſans doute me favoriſeroit dans cette occurence, m’offriroit mille moyens de la délivrer …
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cocurence
- occruence
- occuernce
- occurecne
- occurencce
- occurenec
- occurennce
- occurnece
- ocucrence
- ocurence
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of occurence - 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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).