thorax

\tɔ.ʁaks\

/\tɔ.ʁaks\/ noun

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The verdict

“thorax” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,607. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,607
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cage de la poitrine, où sont enfermés les poumons et le cœur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-thorax · thorax · French

thorax · rank #18,607 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,607
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Thomson

Nearest frequency peer: Thomson (-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 « thorax »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « thorax » 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).

thorax vs Tora
50% similar
thorax vs Torah
50% similar
thorax vs thorn
67% similar

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

Key facts for thorax
PropertyValue
Headwordthorax
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɔ.ʁaks\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,607
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « thorax »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.thoraxse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Thomson » (#18,606), « tonalité » (#18,608), « TC » (#18,605). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « thorax » est au #18,607. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around thorax (IPA \tɔ.ʁaks\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,607 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for thorax, with forms such as "htorax", "thhorax", and "thoarx". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Tora", "Torah", "thorn", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is thorax, spelled T-H-O-R-A-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cage de la poitrine, où sont enfermés les poumons et le cœur.
  2. 2
    Un des trois grands segments de l'anatomie de l'insecte. Il porte les trois paires de pattes et les ailes éventuelles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Partout ! lui dit le vieux vigneron, en se levant pour se promener de long en long dans la salle et se haussant le thorax par un mouvement plein d’orgueil comme son mot, partout !
  2. Il fut réveillé brutalement par une crise effroyable. Il lui sembla qu’un poids énorme, toute la maison, s’était écroulé sur sa poitrine, à ce point que le thorax, aplati, touchait le dos ; et il ne respirait plus, la douleur gagnait les épaules, le cou, paralysait le bras gauche.

This word in other languages

thorax(English)tórax(Español)Thorax(Deutsch)tórax(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • htorax
  • thhorax
  • thoarx
  • thoraxx
  • thorrax
  • thorxa
  • throax
  • tohrax
  • tthorax

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

htorax2thhorax1thoarx2thoraxx1thorrax1thorxa2throax2tohrax2
Edit distance from "thorax"

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 "thorax"?
"thorax" is spelled T-H-O-R-A-X. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ.ʁaks\.
What does "thorax" mean?
As a noun, "thorax" means: Cage de la poitrine, où sont enfermés les poumons et le cœur.
What words are commonly confused with "thorax"?
"thorax" is commonly confused with "Tora", "Torah", "thorn". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "thorax"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "thorax" is \tɔ.ʁaks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "thorax" come from?
"thorax" 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 "thorax", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

tanger#18,604tracts#18,610slalom#18,597verger#18,619

Similar misspelling depth

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

safran9 variantséditer9 variantsramassé9 variantspiston9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list