square

\skwaʁ\

/\skwaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“square” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,930. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,930
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit jardin public, souvent établi au milieu d’une place.

Corpus desk

Index FR-square · square · French

square · rank #8,930 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,930
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH soudan

Nearest frequency peer: soudan (-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 « square »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « square » 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).

square vs sure
67% similar
square vs sucre
67% similar
square vs squat
67% similar

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

Key facts for square
PropertyValue
Headwordsquare
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\skwaʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,930
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « square »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).squarese 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 « soudan » (#8,929), « statues » (#8,931), « soudainement » (#8,928). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « square » est au #8,930. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around square (IPA \skwaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,930 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for square, with forms such as "qsuare", "sqaure", and "sqquare". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "sure", "sucre", "squat", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is square, spelled S-Q-U-A-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit jardin public, souvent établi au milieu d’une place.
  2. 2
    Aire de jeux pour enfants.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le square de la tour Saint-Jacques.
  2. square Sainte-Clotilde.

Synonyms

carré

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • qsuare
  • sqaure
  • sqquare
  • squaer
  • squarre
  • squrae
  • ssquare
  • suqare

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

qsuare2sqaure2sqquare1squaer2squarre1squrae2ssquare1suqare2
Edit distance from "square"

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 "square"?
"square" is spelled S-Q-U-A-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \skwaʁ\.
What does "square" mean?
As a noun, "square" means: Petit jardin public, souvent établi au milieu d’une place.
What words are commonly confused with "square"?
"square" is commonly confused with "sure", "sucre", "squat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "square"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "square" is \skwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "square" come from?
"square" 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 "square", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

soudan#8,929tireur#8,936toiles#8,937saluer#8,922

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

trêve8 variantspilule8 variantsaident8 variantsparade8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list