queer
\kwiʁ\
The verdict
“queer” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,497. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,497
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d’une personne dont l’identité de genre, l’expression de genre, la sexualité ou l’orientation sexuelle ne se conforme pas aux normes hétérosexuelles et cisgenres dominantes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-queer · queer · French
queer · rank #29,497 · 6 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,497
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH péjoratif
Nearest frequency peer: péjoratif (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “queer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- puéril
puéril
70,507 corpus weight
- pâture
pâture
70,506 corpus weight
- péjoratif
péjoratif
70,505 corpus weight
- queer
queer
70,504 corpus weight
- questionnem…
questionnements
70,503 corpus weight
- questionné
questionné
70,502 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “queer” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | queer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kwiʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “queer” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around queer (IPA \kwiʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,497 among 352 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for queer, with forms such as "qeuer", "qqueer", and "queerr". 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. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "quel", "ques", "quels", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is queer, spelled Q-U-E-E-R.
Definition
- 1Se dit d’une personne dont l’identité de genre, l’expression de genre, la sexualité ou l’orientation sexuelle ne se conforme pas aux normes hétérosexuelles et cisgenres dominantes.
- 2Qui relève du champ des études queer ou mobilise leur cadre critique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how queer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… les parents gays, lesbiens, transgenres et plus globalement queer rencontrent des problèmes spécifiques dans leur parentalité.
Parce qu’il y a cette ouverture à toutes et à tous, et ce regard amusé sur la société bien pensante et moralement correcte, on dit aussi que les Sœurs sont queer.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qeuer
- qqueer
- queerr
- quer
- quere
- uqeer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of queer - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "queer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "queer". Here's where to go from here.
- "queer" maps to 12 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "quel". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #29,497 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "Q" letter cohort. Q–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.