screenshot

\skʁin.ʃɔt\

/\skʁin.ʃɔt\/ noun

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The verdict

“screenshot” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,443. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,443
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enregistrement au moyen d’un logiciel d’une image diffusée sur un écran.

Corpus desk

Index FR-screenshot · screenshot · French

screenshot · rank #46,443 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,443
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sciure

Nearest frequency peer: sciure (-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 « screenshot »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « screenshot » 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 screenshot
PropertyValue
Headwordscreenshot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\skʁin.ʃɔt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#46,443
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « screenshot »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).screenshotse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sciure » (#46,442), « scélérat » (#46,444), « scindé » (#46,441). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « screenshot » est au #46,443. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around screenshot (IPA \skʁin.ʃɔt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,443 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Enregistrement au moyen d’un logiciel d’une image diffusée sur un écran.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for screenshot, with forms such as "csreenshot", "sccreenshot", and "scerenshot". 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 screenshot, spelled S-C-R-E-E-N-S-H-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enregistrement au moyen d’un logiciel d’une image diffusée sur un écran.

Synonyms

capture d’écran

This word in other languages

screenshot(English)Bildschirmfoto(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • csreenshot
  • sccreenshot
  • scerenshot
  • screenhsot
  • screennshot
  • screenshhot
  • screenshott
  • screenshto
  • screensoht
  • screensshot
  • screesnhot
  • screneshot
  • screnshot
  • scrreenshot
  • srceenshot
  • sscreenshot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

csreenshot2sccreenshot1scerenshot2screenhsot2screennshot1screenshhot1screenshott1screenshto2
Edit distance from "screenshot"

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 "screenshot"?
"screenshot" is spelled S-C-R-E-E-N-S-H-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \skʁin.ʃɔt\.
What does "screenshot" mean?
As a noun, "screenshot" means: Enregistrement au moyen d’un logiciel d’une image diffusée sur un écran.
What are common misspellings of "screenshot"?
Common misspellings include "csreenshot", "sccreenshot", "scerenshot", "screenhsot", "screennshot". The correct spelling is "screenshot".
How do you pronounce "screenshot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "screenshot" is \skʁin.ʃɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "screenshot" come from?
"screenshot" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

simultanés#46,453surhumaine#46,468séculaires#46,474séduisants#46,475

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

sexagénaire16 variantssubventionne16 variantsrentreront16 variantsreboisement16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list