snow

\sno\

/\sno\/ noun

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The verdict

“snow” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,764. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,764
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-snow · snow · French

snow · rank #15,764 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,764
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Slovénie

Nearest frequency peer: Slovénie (-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 « snow »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « snow » 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).

snow vs so
50% similar
snow vs son
50% similar
snow vs sol
50% similar

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

Key facts for snow
PropertyValue
Headwordsnow
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sno\
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,764
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « snow »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).snowse 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 « Slovénie » (#15,763), « souliers » (#15,765), « sirènes » (#15,762). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « snow » est au #15,764. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around snow (IPA \sno\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,764 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Snowboard.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for snow, with forms such as "nsow", "snnow", and "snoww". 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, "so", "son", "sol", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 snow, spelled S-N-O-W.

Definition

  1. 1
    Snowboard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. « J’allais rider un jour sur deux, j’arrivais en chaussures de snow en cours, c’était scandaleux », s’amuse-t-il.

Synonyms

snowboardsurf

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nsow
  • snnow
  • snoww
  • snwo
  • sonw
  • ssnow

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

nsow2snnow1snoww1snwo2sonw2ssnow1
Edit distance from "snow"

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 "snow"?
"snow" is spelled S-N-O-W. The IPA pronunciation is \sno\.
What does "snow" mean?
As a noun, "snow" means: Snowboard.
What words are commonly confused with "snow"?
"snow" is commonly confused with "so", "son", "sol". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "snow"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "snow" is \sno\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "snow" come from?
"snow" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sidi#15,759teen#15,773pige#15,717orne#15,703

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

sieur6 variantsscoop6 variantssaoul6 variantsbalai6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list