Roscoff

\ʁo.skɔf\

/\ʁo.skɔf\/ name

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The verdict

“Roscoff” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,579. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,579
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Finistère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-roscoff · Roscoff · French

Roscoff · rank #47,579 · 9 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,579
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rotrou

Nearest frequency peer: Rotrou (+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 « Roscoff »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Roscoff » 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
Key facts for Roscoff
PropertyValue
HeadwordRoscoff
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʁo.skɔf\
Letters7
Frequency rank#47,579
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Roscoff »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Roscoffse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Rotrou » (#47,580), « RMI » (#47,577), « rougeurs » (#47,581). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « Roscoff » est au #47,579. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Roscoff (IPA \ʁo.skɔf\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,579 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département du Finistère.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Roscoff, with forms such as "orscoff", "rocsoff", and "rosccoff". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Roscoff, spelled R-O-S-C-O-F-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département du Finistère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Entre Saint-Pol-de-Léon et Roscoff, je fais route parmi d'immenses plantations d'artichauts et de choux-fleurs, prosaïquement accroupies entre leurs murets de pierres sèches.
  2. Le capitaine Morgan Rosko guidait à nouveau les visiteurs, jeudi 28 juillet, à la découverte du passé corsaire de la ville de Roscoff.

This word in other languages

Roscoff(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orscoff
  • rocsoff
  • rosccoff
  • roscfof
  • roscof
  • rosocff
  • rosscoff
  • rroscoff
  • rsocoff

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

orscoff2rocsoff2rosccoff1roscfof2roscof1rosocff2rosscoff1rroscoff1
Edit distance from "Roscoff"

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 "Roscoff"?
"Roscoff" is spelled R-O-S-C-O-F-F. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁo.skɔf\.
What does "Roscoff" mean?
As a proper noun, "Roscoff" means: Commune française, située dans le département du Finistère.
What are common misspellings of "Roscoff"?
Common misspellings include "orscoff", "rocsoff", "rosccoff", "roscfof", "roscof". The correct spelling is "Roscoff".
How do you pronounce "Roscoff"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Roscoff" is \ʁo.skɔf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Roscoff" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

revêtus#47,576reparlé#47,568révolus#47,590refaits#47,563

Similar misspelling depth

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

rustre9 variantssatyre9 variantsrappeuse9 variantssherpa9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list