Shakespeare
\ʃɛk.spiʁ\
The verdict
“Shakespeare” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,581. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,581
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille anglais, essentiellement connu par William Shakespeare (1564–1616).
Corpus desk
Index FR-shakespeare · Shakespeare · French
Shakespeare · rank #10,581 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,581
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 394,209
- PHOTO-FINISH sexuellement
Nearest frequency peer: sexuellement (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Shakespeare”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- serbe
serbe
89,423 corpus weight
- serviteur
serviteur
89,422 corpus weight
- sexuellement
sexuellement
89,421 corpus weight
- Shakespeare
Shakespeare
89,420 corpus weight
- simplifier
simplifier
89,419 corpus weight
- socle
socle
89,418 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Shakespeare” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shakespeare |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʃɛk.spiʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #10,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Shakespeare” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Shakespeare (IPA \ʃɛk.spiʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,581 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille anglais, essentiellement connu par William Shakespeare (1564–1616).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Shakespeare, with forms such as "hsakespeare", "sahkespeare", and "shaekspeare". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Shakespeare, spelled S-H-A-K-E-S-P-E-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille anglais, essentiellement connu par William Shakespeare (1564–1616).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsakespeare
- sahkespeare
- shaekspeare
- shakepseare
- shakesepare
- shakespaere
- shakespeaer
- shakespearre
- shakesperae
- shakesppeare
- shakesspeare
- shakkespeare
- shaksepeare
- shhakespeare
- shkaespeare
- sshakespeare
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Shakespeare - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Shakespeare", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.