Rocard

\ʁɔ.kaʁ\

/\ʁɔ.kaʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Rocard” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,369. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,369
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille français.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rocard · Rocard · French

Rocard · rank #24,369 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,369
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH risquée

Nearest frequency peer: risquée (-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 « Rocard »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Rocard » 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).

Rocard vs Roland
67% similar
Rocard vs romand
50% similar
Rocard vs rotary
50% similar

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

Key facts for Rocard
PropertyValue
HeadwordRocard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʁɔ.kaʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,369
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Rocard »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Rocardse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « risquée » (#24,368), « Rodrigo » (#24,370), « retranché » (#24,367). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « Rocard » est au #24,369. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Rocard (IPA \ʁɔ.kaʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #24,369 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille français.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rocard, with forms such as "orcard", "rcoard", and "roacrd". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Roland", "romand", "rotary", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Rocard, spelled R-O-C-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille français.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cependant, c’est Michel Rocard qui détient le record, car il a eu recours au 49.3 28 fois entre 1988 et 1990, selon le site de l’Assemblée nationale.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orcard
  • rcoard
  • roacrd
  • rocadr
  • rocardd
  • rocarrd
  • roccard
  • rocrad
  • rrocard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rocard - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

orcard2rcoard2roacrd2rocadr2rocardd1rocarrd1roccard1rocrad2
Edit distance from "Rocard"

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 "Rocard"?
"Rocard" is spelled R-O-C-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ.kaʁ\.
What does "Rocard" mean?
As a proper noun, "Rocard" means: Nom de famille français.
What words are commonly confused with "Rocard"?
"Rocard" is commonly confused with "Roland", "romand", "rotary". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Rocard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rocard" is \ʁɔ.kaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rocard" come from?
"Rocard" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Ronnie#24,373ruches#24,375régies#24,380skieur#24,393

Similar misspelling depth

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

relique9 variantssituait9 variantssteaks9 variantsponeys9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list