scores

\skɔʁ\

/\skɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“scores” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,851. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,851
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de score.

Corpus desk

Index FR-scores · scores · French

scores · rank #11,851 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,851
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sanguin

Nearest frequency peer: sanguin (-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 « scores »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « scores » 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).

scores vs sors
67% similar
scores vs store
67% similar
scores vs sorts
67% similar

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

Key facts for scores
PropertyValue
Headwordscores
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\skɔʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,851
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « scores »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).scoresse 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 « sanguin » (#11,850), « réalisateurs » (#11,849), « serpents » (#11,853). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « scores » est au #11,851. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around scores (IPA \skɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,851 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de score.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for scores, with forms such as "csores", "sccores", and "scoers". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sors", "store", "sorts", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is scores, spelled S-C-O-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de score.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les scores des élèves restent toutefois relativement hétérogènes (écart type de 15 %).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • csores
  • sccores
  • scoers
  • scoress
  • scorres
  • scorse
  • scroes
  • socres
  • sscores

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of scores - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

csores2sccores1scoers2scoress1scorres1scorse2scroes2socres2
Edit distance from "scores"

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

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

Same letter count

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

silver#11,854Sophia#11,858tracer#11,869percée#11,826

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list