science
\sjɑ̃s\
The verdict
“science” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,211. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,211
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Connaissance, savoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-science · science · French
science · rank #1,211 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,211
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH rêve
Nearest frequency peer: rêve (-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 « science »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- regard
regard
98,794 corpus weight
- représente
représente
98,793 corpus weight
- revient
revient
98,792 corpus weight
- rêve
rêve
98,791 corpus weight
- science
science
98,790 corpus weight
- utilisation
utilisation
98,786 corpus weight
What this shows « science » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | science |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sjɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « science »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around science (IPA \sjɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,211 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for science, with forms such as "csience", "sccience", and "sceince". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "since", "sienne", "scindé", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is science, spelled S-C-I-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Connaissance, savoir.
- 2Ensemble des connaissances acquises par l’étude ou la pratique.
- 3Organisation de connaissances spécialisées par des moyens méthodiques et fondés sur l'expérience ou le raisonnement par l'établissement de principes (théories, lois, etc.).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how science appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelle étrange science les provinciaux ont de Paris!
L'imam Nawawi (mort en 676 du calendrier hégirien) a dit: Le fait d'expliquer le Coran sans science ainsi que le fait de parler sur le sens de ses versets pour celui qui n'en est pas capable sont des choses interdites. Il y a un consensus des savants sur cela.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- csience
- sccience
- sceince
- sciecne
- sciencce
- scienec
- sciennce
- scinece
- sicence
- sscience
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of science - 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 "science", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).