occurrence

\ɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃s\

/\ɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“occurrence” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,469. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,469
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Événement, situation étant survenue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-occurrence · occurrence · French

occurrence · rank #7,469 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,469
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH nuire

Nearest frequency peer: nuire (-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 « occurrence »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « occurrence » 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).

occurrence vs occurrences
91% similar
occurrence vs occurence
90% similar

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

Key facts for occurrence
PropertyValue
Headwordoccurrence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,469
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « occurrence »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.occurrencese 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 « nuire » (#7,468), « opportunités » (#7,470), « nommés » (#7,467). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « occurrence » est au #7,469. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around occurrence (IPA \ɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,469 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for occurrence, with forms such as "cocurrence", "occrurence", and "occurernce". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "occurrences", "occurence", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is occurrence, spelled O-C-C-U-R-R-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Événement, situation étant survenue.
  2. 2
    (Peut-être sous l'influence de l'homonyme anglais) Fait de survenir.
  3. 3
    Se dit de deux fêtes qui tombent le même jour.
  4. 4
    Apparition d'une unité linguistique (mot, locution, intonation, etc.) dans un corpus.
  5. 5
    Unité linguistique dont on constate la présence dans un texte ou un corpus.
  6. 6
    Fréquence d'une unité linguistique dans un corpus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dès la première page, cette formule « l’accident fatal… » Et, plus bas, « l’arme chargée à son insu… » Assurément, ce fin lettré n’ignore pas qu’en français d’autrefois toute occurrence désastreuse peut noblement être désignée par le mot accident, et pas seulement un coup de feu parti au hasard.
  2. … pour le dire d'emblée, nous émettons toutes nos réserves quant à la possibilité de succès d'une telle contestation, mais l'occurrence même d'une contestation nous paraît probable.

This word in other languages

occurrence(English)ocurrencia(Español)Auftreten(Deutsch)ocorrência(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cocurrence
  • occrurence
  • occurernce
  • occurrecne
  • occurrencce
  • occurrenec
  • occurrennce
  • occurrnece
  • ocucrrence
  • ocurrence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cocurrence2occrurence2occurernce2occurrecne2occurrencce1occurrenec2occurrennce1occurrnece2
Edit distance from "occurrence"

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 "occurrence"?
"occurrence" is spelled O-C-C-U-R-R-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃s\.
What does "occurrence" mean?
As a noun, "occurrence" means: Événement, situation étant survenue.
What words are commonly confused with "occurrence"?
"occurrence" is commonly confused with "occurrences", "occurence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "occurrence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "occurrence" is \ɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "occurrence" come from?
"occurrence" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

mécaniques#7,464légendaire#7,459logistique#7,458potentiels#7,482

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

ouvrant10 variantspatrice10 variantsRaphaël10 variantsexploit10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list