scaphandre
\ska.fɑ̃dʁ\
The verdict
“scaphandre” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,036
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bouée, corset garni de liège, au moyen duquel on se soutient sur l'eau, sans savoir nager.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scaphandre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ska.fɑ̃dʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #47,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “scaphandre” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around scaphandre (IPA \ska.fɑ̃dʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,036 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for scaphandre, with forms such as "csaphandre", "sacphandre", and "scahpandre". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 scaphandre, spelled S-C-A-P-H-A-N-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Bouée, corset garni de liège, au moyen duquel on se soutient sur l'eau, sans savoir nager.
- 2Sorte d’appareil hermétiquement clos qui communique avec une pompe à air et permet à un plongeur de séjourner sous l’eau.
- 3Appareil de plongée sous-marine constitué de bouteilles à air comprimé porté dorsalement, d'un appareil respiratoire, permettant la respiration indépendante de la surface.
- 4Combinaison étanche et protectrice que revêtent les spationautes lors de leur séjour dans l’espace, ou sur la Lune.
- 5Combinaison utilisée par les apiculteurs évitant le contact direct avec les abeilles.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: csaphandre,sacphandre,scahpandre,scapahndre,scaphadnre,scaphanddre,scaphander,scaphandrre,scaphanndre,scaphanrde,scaphhandre,scaphnadre,scapphandre,sccaphandre,scpahandre,sscaphandre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of scaphandre - 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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Using “scaphandre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-C-A-P-H-A-N-D-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ska.fɑ̃dʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.