Petr
\pɛtr̩\
The verdict
“Petr” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,455. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,455
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom tchèque, équivalent de Pierre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petr · Petr · French
Petr · rank #39,455 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,455
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH persévérant
Nearest frequency peer: persévérant (-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 « Petr »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- PCR
PCR
60,549 corpus weight
- perpendicul…
perpendiculaires
60,548 corpus weight
- persévérant
persévérant
60,547 corpus weight
- Petr
Petr
60,546 corpus weight
- pierrette
pierrette
60,545 corpus weight
- Pille
Pille
60,544 corpus weight
What this shows « Petr » 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 | Petr |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pɛtr̩\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #39,455 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Petr »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Petr (IPA \pɛtr̩\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #39,455 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom tchèque, équivalent de Pierre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Petr, with forms such as "eptr", "pert", and "petrr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Pr", "Pt", "peu", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Petr, spelled P-E-T-R.
Definition
- 1Prénom tchèque, équivalent de Pierre.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eptr
- pert
- petrr
- pettr
- ppetr
- pter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Petr - 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 "Petr", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).