spores

\spɔʁ\

/\spɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“spores” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,986. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,986
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-spores · spores · French

spores · rank #29,986 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,986
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH speaker

Nearest frequency peer: speaker (-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 « spores »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « spores » 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).

spores vs Sport
50% similar
spores vs store
67% similar
spores vs spots
67% similar

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

Key facts for spores
PropertyValue
Headwordspores
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\spɔʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,986
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « spores »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sporesse 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 « speaker » (#29,985), « squatter » (#29,987), « soufflant » (#29,984). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « spores » est au #29,986. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around spores (IPA \spɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,986 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de spore.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for spores, with forms such as "psores", "sopres", and "spoers". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sport", "store", "spots", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is spores, spelled S-P-O-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de spore.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Enfin, à l’aube de l’ère industrielle apparaît l’appertisation, méthode de stérilisation à haute température, qui détruit microbes et spores.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psores
  • sopres
  • spoers
  • sporess
  • sporres
  • sporse
  • sppores
  • sproes
  • sspores

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

psores2sopres2spoers2sporess1sporres1sporse2sppores1sproes2
Edit distance from "spores"

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 "spores"?
"spores" is spelled S-P-O-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \spɔʁ\.
What does "spores" mean?
As a noun, "spores" means: Pluriel de spore.
What words are commonly confused with "spores"?
"spores" is commonly confused with "Sport", "store", "spots". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spores"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spores" is \spɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spores" come from?
"spores" 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 "spores", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soudée#29,983taisez#29,996scribe#29,973titrée#30,005

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

sitting9 variantsvipère9 variantsweekly9 variantsZagreb9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list