spacieux

\spa.sjø\

/\spa.sjø\/ adj

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The verdict

“spacieux” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,265. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,265
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui présente une grande superficie ; où l’on est au large.

Corpus desk

Index FR-spacieux · spacieux · French

spacieux · rank #31,265 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,265
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stalingrad

Nearest frequency peer: Stalingrad (+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 « spacieux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « spacieux » 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).

spacieux vs spéciaux
75% similar
spacieux vs spatiaux
75% similar
spacieux vs SpaceX
50% similar

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

Key facts for spacieux
PropertyValue
Headwordspacieux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\spa.sjø\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,265
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « spacieux »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).spacieuxse 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 « Stalingrad » (#31,266), « sofa » (#31,263), « sociedad » (#31,262). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « spacieux » est au #31,265. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around spacieux (IPA \spa.sjø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,265 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui présente une grande superficie ; où l’on est au large.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for spacieux, with forms such as "psacieux", "sapcieux", and "spaccieux". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "spéciaux", "spatiaux", "SpaceX", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is spacieux, spelled S-P-A-C-I-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui présente une grande superficie ; où l’on est au large.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La rade de Casablanca, comprise entre la presqu’île d’Oukacha à l’est et le promontoire d’El-Anq que prolongent des écueils dangereux à l’ouest, est spacieuse, mais trop évasée et exposée par suite à l’assaut des vents violents et des lames qui déferlent jusqu’à terre.
  2. Le bateau était un brick-goélette de quatre-vingts tonneaux à peu près, confortablement aménagé, avec, sur le pont, trois cabines spacieuses.

This word in other languages

spacious(English)amplio(Español)geräumig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psacieux
  • sapcieux
  • spaccieux
  • spaceiux
  • spacieuxx
  • spaciexu
  • spaciuex
  • spaiceux
  • spcaieux
  • sppacieux
  • sspacieux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

psacieux2sapcieux2spaccieux1spaceiux2spacieuxx1spaciexu2spaciuex2spaiceux2
Edit distance from "spacieux"

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 "spacieux"?
"spacieux" is spelled S-P-A-C-I-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \spa.sjø\.
What does "spacieux" mean?
As an adjective, "spacieux" means: Qui présente une grande superficie ; où l’on est au large.
What words are commonly confused with "spacieux"?
"spacieux" is commonly confused with "spéciaux", "spatiaux", "SpaceX". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spacieux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spacieux" is \spa.sjø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spacieux" come from?
"spacieux" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sociedad#31,262together#31,284révolter#31,244vaccinés#31,292

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

séchées11 variantsrêveurs11 variantsvisaient11 variantsZachary11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list