robots

\ʁɔ.bo\

/\ʁɔ.bo\/ noun

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The verdict

“robots” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,550. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,550
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de robot.

Corpus desk

Index FR-robots · robots · French

robots · rank #6,550 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,550
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH requis

Nearest frequency peer: requis (-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 « robots »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « robots » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

robots vs root
67% similar
robots vs roots
83% similar
robots vs robot
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for robots
PropertyValue
Headwordrobots
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɔ.bo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,550
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « robots »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).robotsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « requis » (#6,549), « réveillé » (#6,551), « reproduire » (#6,548). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « robots » est au #6,550. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around robots (IPA \ʁɔ.bo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,550 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de robot.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for robots, with forms such as "orbots", "rboots", and "robbots". 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, "root", "roots", "robot", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is robots, spelled R-O-B-O-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de robot.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how robots appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans une telle perspective, la notion de marché intérieur apparaît de plus en plus discutable car les entreprises de production visées par les constructeurs de robots sont déjà transétatisées et adoptent depuis longtemps des politiques d’investissement qui suivent cette logique de structure.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orbots
  • rboots
  • robbots
  • robost
  • robotss
  • robotts
  • robtos
  • roobts
  • rrobots

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of robots - 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.

orbots2rboots2robbots1robost2robotss1robotts1robtos2roobts2
Edit distance from "robots"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "robots"?
"robots" is spelled R-O-B-O-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.bo\.
What does "robots" mean?
As a noun, "robots" means: Pluriel de robot.
What words are commonly confused with "robots"?
"robots" is commonly confused with "root", "roots", "robot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "robots"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "robots" is \ʁɔ.bo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "robots" come from?
"robots" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "robots", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

requis#6,549saviez#6,553podium#6,540tenues#6,564

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

battent9 variantschasser9 variantsdéfilé9 variantsdevienne9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list