simulacre

\si.my.lakʁ\

/\si.my.lakʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“simulacre” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,312. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,312
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Image, statue, idole, représentation d’une fausse divinité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-simulacre · simulacre · French

simulacre · rank #34,312 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #34,312
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sissoko

Nearest frequency peer: Sissoko (+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 « simulacre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « simulacre » 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).

simulacre vs similaire
78% similar

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

Key facts for simulacre
PropertyValue
Headwordsimulacre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.my.lakʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#34,312
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « simulacre »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Sissoko » (#34,313), « share » (#34,310), « Slimane » (#34,314). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « simulacre » est au #34,312. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around simulacre (IPA \si.my.lakʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,312 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for simulacre, with forms such as "ismulacre", "simluacre", and "simmulacre". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "similaire", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is simulacre, spelled S-I-M-U-L-A-C-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Image, statue, idole, représentation d’une fausse divinité.
  2. 2
    Apparence qu’on pourrait prendre pour une réalité : illusion, fantôme, spectre, ectoplasme, apparition.
  3. 3
    Apparence, représentation d’un objet. (Style relevé ou parodique) Représentation d’un objet noble ou prisé.
  4. 4
    Action exécutée pour faire illusion, sans conviction ; faux-semblant, comédie, chiqué.
  5. 5
    (Du point de vue d’un contradicteur) Mauvaise imitation.
  6. 6
    Action simulée. En particulier, exercice militaire fait dans des conditions simulées, à titre d'examen ou d'essai, dans une situation fictive. Un simulacre de combat naval.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les images sont les livres des idiots. (…) Tout ce que les hommes apprennent de Dieu par les images, est frivole, et même abusif. (…) Car ils [les prophètes] mettent tous simulacres à l’opposite de Dieu, comme choses contraires, et qui ne se peuvent nullement accorder.
  2. J’assemblai quelques-uns d’entre eux, afin de pouvoir, avec leur secours, renverser ce simulacre immense que je ne pouvais détruire par ma seule force. J’avais déjà brisé les autres idoles, ce qui était plus facile.

Synonyms

artéfactartefactapparencecaricatureersatzpâle copiesuccédané

This word in other languages

pretense(English)Hohn(Deutsch)simulacro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ismulacre
  • simluacre
  • simmulacre
  • simualcre
  • simulaccre
  • simulacer
  • simulacrre
  • simularce
  • simulcare
  • simullacre
  • siumlacre
  • smiulacre
  • ssimulacre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ismulacre2simluacre2simmulacre1simualcre2simulaccre1simulacer2simulacrre1simularce2
Edit distance from "simulacre"

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 "simulacre"?
"simulacre" is spelled S-I-M-U-L-A-C-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \si.my.lakʁ\.
What does "simulacre" mean?
As a noun, "simulacre" means: Image, statue, idole, représentation d’une fausse divinité.
What words are commonly confused with "simulacre"?
"simulacre" is commonly confused with "similaire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "simulacre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "simulacre" is \si.my.lakʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "simulacre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sculptées#34,307soulignée#34,317satanique#34,306sanguines#34,303

Similar misspelling depth

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

supportés13 variantsréformés13 variantsRodrigues13 variantstomberait13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list