popcorn
\pɔp.kɔʁn\
The verdict
“popcorn” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,036
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de pop-corn.
Corpus desk
Index FR-popcorn · popcorn · French
popcorn · rank #22,036 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,036
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pondre
Nearest frequency peer: pondre (-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 « popcorn »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- plongeant
plongeant
77,968 corpus weight
- pléiade
pléiade
77,967 corpus weight
- pondre
pondre
77,966 corpus weight
- popcorn
popcorn
77,965 corpus weight
- porteront
porteront
77,964 corpus weight
- postulat
postulat
77,963 corpus weight
What this shows « popcorn » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | popcorn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔp.kɔʁn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #22,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « popcorn »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around popcorn (IPA \pɔp.kɔʁn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,036 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de pop-corn.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for popcorn, with forms such as "oppcorn", "pocporn", and "popccorn". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is popcorn, spelled P-O-P-C-O-R-N.
Definition
- 1Variante de pop-corn.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how popcorn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Préparez la bière et les popcorns.
Plus de popcorn pour me récompenser!
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oppcorn
- pocporn
- popccorn
- popconr
- popcornn
- popcorrn
- popcron
- popocrn
- poppcorn
- ppocorn
- ppopcorn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of popcorn - 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 "popcorn", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (11 here; floor ≥5).