sonore
\sɔ.nɔʁ\
The verdict
“sonore” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,892. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,892
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui rend un son.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sonore · sonore · French
sonore · rank #6,892 · 8 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,892
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH soie
Nearest frequency peer: soie (-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 “sonore”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- soeurs
soeurs
93,111 corpus weight
- soie
soie
93,110 corpus weight
- sonore
sonore
93,109 corpus weight
- souhaité
souhaité
93,108 corpus weight
- sphère
sphère
93,107 corpus weight
- spécialisés
spécialisés
93,106 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sonore” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | sonore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɔ.nɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sonore” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around sonore (IPA \sɔ.nɔʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,892 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sonore, with forms such as "osnore", "snoore", and "sonnore". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "store", "soufre", "synode", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sonore, spelled S-O-N-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui rend un son.
- 2Qui donne beaucoup de son, qui a un beau son.
- 3Qui renvoie bien le son, où le son résonne bien.
- 4Qui est mal isolé.
- 5Qui est relatif au son.
- 6Se dit d’une consonne dont la prononciation s’accompagne d'une vibration des cordes vocales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sonore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A ces sources de richesses souterraines du département, on doit ajouter des mines de l’ardoise la plus serrée, la plus sonore et la plus pure qu'il y ait en France, à Fumay, à Folemprise, à Charnois et à Monthermé.
Tous les hommes, […], écoutaient nonchalamment, sans y prêter grande attention, un mauvais phonographe, aux accents métalliques. Du pavillon sonore sortaient des paroles qui serrèrent le cœur de Bert d’une angoisse nostalgique […].
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osnore
- snoore
- sonnore
- sonoer
- sonorre
- sonroe
- soonre
- ssonore
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sonore - 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 September 3, 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 "sonore", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "sonore" maps to 16 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "store". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,892 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.