Sfax
The verdict
“Sfax” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,730. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,730
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville de Tunisie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sfax · Sfax · French
Sfax · rank #44,730 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,730
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH servitudes
Nearest frequency peer: servitudes (-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 « Sfax »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- sentinel
sentinel
55,274 corpus weight
- sergents
sergents
55,273 corpus weight
- servitudes
servitudes
55,272 corpus weight
- Sfax
Sfax
55,271 corpus weight
- shabbat
shabbat
55,270 corpus weight
- shaka
shaka
55,269 corpus weight
What this shows « Sfax » 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 | Sfax |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #44,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Sfax »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Sfax, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #44,730 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ville de Tunisie.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sfax, with forms such as "fsax", "safx", and "sfaxx". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "six", "sox", "sia", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Sfax, spelled S-F-A-X.
Definition
- 1Ville de Tunisie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sfax appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et puis, Sfax, dont ils connaissaient à peine le nom, c’était le bout du monde, le désert, et il ne leur déplaisait même plus de penser, avec ce goût si fort pour les situations extrêmes, qu’ils allaient être coupés de tout, éloignés de tout, isolés comme ils ne l’avaient jamais été.
Si la résistance a eu lieu à Sfax et pas à Kairouan, c'est parce que Sfax était fortifiée d'une part et et qu'elle abritait la mehalla au moment de l'occupation.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fsax
- safx
- sfaxx
- sffax
- sfxa
- ssfax
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sfax - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sfax", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).