offusquer
\ɔ.fys.ke\
The verdict
“offusquer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,928. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,928
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Empêcher d’être vu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-offusquer · offusquer · French
offusquer · rank #46,928 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #46,928
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH oeuvrer
Nearest frequency peer: oeuvrer (-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 « offusquer »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- obligataire
obligataire
53,077 corpus weight
- occlusion
occlusion
53,076 corpus weight
- oeuvrer
oeuvrer
53,074 corpus weight
- offusquer
offusquer
53,073 corpus weight
- Olympic
Olympic
53,072 corpus weight
- Olympus
Olympus
53,071 corpus weight
What this shows « offusquer » 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 | offusquer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɔ.fys.ke\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #46,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « offusquer »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around offusquer (IPA \ɔ.fys.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #46,928 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for offusquer, with forms such as "fofusquer", "offsuquer", and "offuqsuer". 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, "offusque", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is offusquer, spelled O-F-F-U-S-Q-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Empêcher d’être vu.
- 2Empêcher de voir en éblouissant ou en obscurcissant.
- 3Choquer, déplaire, donner de l’ombrage, toucher quelqu’un dans son orgueil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how offusquer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je craindrois que ces Buissons ne vinssent enfin si grands, qu’ils en offusquassent les Espaliers, pour lesquels j’ai ici beaucoup de respect : outre que sans doute ils incommoderoient la promenade […] on n'y auroient pas assez d’air pour respirer.
Une pluie intermittente inonde la vitre offusquée, et le vent jonche des feuilles mortes du platane le perron solitaire.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fofusquer
- offsuquer
- offuqsuer
- offusqeur
- offusqquer
- offusquerr
- offusqure
- offussquer
- offusuqer
- ofufsquer
- ofusquer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of offusquer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "offusquer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).