score

\skɔʁ\

/\skɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“score” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,545. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,545
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre de points qu’un joueur, une équipe a marqué.

Corpus desk

Index FR-score · score · French

score · rank #2,545 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,545
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sors

Nearest frequency peer: sors (+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 « score »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « score » 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).

score vs sort
60% similar
score vs sors
60% similar
score vs soie
60% similar

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

Key facts for score
PropertyValue
Headwordscore
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\skɔʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,545
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « score »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).scorese 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 « sors » (#2,546), « réussir » (#2,543), « superbe » (#2,547). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « score » est au #2,545. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around score (IPA \skɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,545 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for score, with forms such as "csore", "sccore", and "scoer". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sort", "sors", "soie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is score, spelled S-C-O-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de points qu’un joueur, une équipe a marqué.
  2. 2
    Performance réalisée dans différents domaines.
  3. 3
    Performance réalisée dans différents domaines.
  4. 4
    Performance réalisée dans différents domaines.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quel est le score du match ?
  2. Je n'ai été ivre mort qu'une dizaine de fois, piètre score pour un prétendu soûlographe.

Synonyms

comptedécomptemarquepointage

This word in other languages

score(English)Score(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • csore
  • sccore
  • scoer
  • scorre
  • scroe
  • socre
  • sscore

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

csore2sccore1scoer2scorre1scroe2socre2sscore1
Edit distance from "score"

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 "score"?
"score" is spelled S-C-O-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \skɔʁ\.
What does "score" mean?
As a noun, "score" means: Nombre de points qu’un joueur, une équipe a marqué.
What words are commonly confused with "score"?
"score" is commonly confused with "sort", "sors", "soie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "score"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "score" is \skɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "score" come from?
"score" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nulle#2,529devez#2,569devra#2,513guide#2,577

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

balles7 variantscommis7 variantsdonnée7 variantscible7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list