usher
\ˈʌʃər\
The verdict
“usher” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,595. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,595
- frequency rank, French
- 456
- “U” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Huissier, appariteur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-usher · usher · French
usher · rank #37,595 · 7 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,595
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 456
- PHOTO-FINISH using
Nearest frequency peer: using (+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 « usher »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- twittos
twittos
62,409 corpus weight
- UBS
UBS
62,408 corpus weight
- usher
usher
62,406 corpus weight
- using
using
62,405 corpus weight
- vacante
vacante
62,404 corpus weight
- Valladolid
Valladolid
62,403 corpus weight
What this shows « usher » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | usher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈʌʃər\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #37,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « usher »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around usher (IPA \ˈʌʃər\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,595 among 456 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for usher, with forms such as "suher", "uhser", and "usehr". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "œuvrer", "usuel", "usé", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is usher, spelled U-S-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Huissier, appariteur.
- 2Placeur, ouvreur.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- suher
- uhser
- usehr
- usherr
- ushher
- ushre
- ussher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of usher - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "usher", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).