potasse
\pɔ.tas\
The verdict
“potasse” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,536. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,536
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Potasse caustique ; matière solide, blanche, très caustique, soluble dans l’eau. Hydroxyde de potassium (KOH).
Corpus desk
Index FR-potasse · potasse · French
potasse · rank #42,536 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,536
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH Poséidon
Nearest frequency peer: Poséidon (-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 « potasse »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- poppy
poppy
57,468 corpus weight
- Portsmouth
Portsmouth
57,467 corpus weight
- Poséidon
Poséidon
57,466 corpus weight
- potasse
potasse
57,465 corpus weight
- prairial
prairial
57,464 corpus weight
- proceedings
proceedings
57,463 corpus weight
What this shows « potasse » 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 | potasse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.tas\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,536 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « potasse »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around potasse (IPA \pɔ.tas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,536 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for potasse, with forms such as "optasse", "poatsse", and "potase". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "pousse", "passé", "potage", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is potasse, spelled P-O-T-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Potasse caustique ; matière solide, blanche, très caustique, soluble dans l’eau. Hydroxyde de potassium (KOH).
- 2Potassium.
- 3Sel de potassium employé comme engrais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how potasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour fabriquer le savon proprement dit utilisé dans la toilette et en blanchisserie, on traite une huile ou une graisse par la soude ou la potasse ; […]
Quant à la potasse caustique, c’est une matière très avide de l’acide carbonique mêlé à l’air, et il suffit de l’agiter pour qu’elle s’en empare et forme du bicarbonate de potasse.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- optasse
- poatsse
- potase
- potases
- potsase
- pottasse
- ppotasse
- ptoasse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of potasse - 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
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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 (8 here; floor ≥5).