phoques
\fɔk\
The verdict
“phoques” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,324. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,324
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de phoque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-phoques · phoques · French
phoques · rank #24,324 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,324
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH perturbant
Nearest frequency peer: perturbant (-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 « phoques »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- perf
perf
75,680 corpus weight
- perpétue
perpétue
75,679 corpus weight
- perturbant
perturbant
75,678 corpus weight
- phoques
phoques
75,677 corpus weight
- physiologiq…
physiologiques
75,676 corpus weight
- pitre
pitre
75,675 corpus weight
What this shows « phoques » 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 | phoques |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,324 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « phoques »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around phoques (IPA \fɔk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,324 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de phoque.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for phoques, with forms such as "hpoques", "phhoques", and "phoqeus". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "piqués", "plaques", "Pâques", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 phoques, spelled P-H-O-Q-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de phoque.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hpoques
- phhoques
- phoqeus
- phoqques
- phoquess
- phoquse
- phouqes
- phqoues
- pohques
- pphoques
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of phoques - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).