Sherlock

name

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The verdict

“Sherlock” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,910. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,910
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sherlock · Sherlock · French

Sherlock · rank #13,910 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,910
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH seth

Nearest frequency peer: seth (-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 « Sherlock »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Sherlock » 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 Sherlock
PropertyValue
HeadwordSherlock
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,910
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Sherlock »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Sherlockse 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 « seth » (#13,909), « soudaine » (#13,911), « serrure » (#13,908). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Sherlock » est au #13,910. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Sherlock, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,910 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sherlock, with forms such as "hserlock", "sehrlock", and "shelrock". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Sherlock, spelled S-H-E-R-L-O-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.
  2. 2
    Antonomase pour s’adresser, par plaisanterie amicale ou sarcasme, à une personne énonçant sous une apparente déduction ou observation une conclusion, ou affirmant tout propos, qui relève du truisme, de l’évidence même.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sherlock Holmes was a master of deduction.
  2. No shit, Sherlock?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hserlock
  • sehrlock
  • shelrock
  • sherlcok
  • sherllock
  • sherlocck
  • sherlockk
  • sherlokc
  • sherolck
  • sherrlock
  • shherlock
  • shrelock
  • ssherlock

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sherlock - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hserlock2sehrlock2shelrock2sherlcok2sherllock1sherlocck1sherlockk1sherlokc2
Edit distance from "Sherlock"

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 "Sherlock"?
"Sherlock" is spelled S-H-E-R-L-O-C-K.
What does "Sherlock" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sherlock" means: Prénom masculin.
What are common misspellings of "Sherlock"?
Common misspellings include "hserlock", "sehrlock", "shelrock", "sherlcok", "sherllock". The correct spelling is "Sherlock".
What language does "Sherlock" come from?
"Sherlock" 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 "Sherlock", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soudaine#13,911sourires#13,912reliques#13,897recharge#13,893

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

riverains13 variantsredevenir13 variantstélévisée13 variantsrapportés13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list