Wallace
\wa.las\
The verdict
“Wallace” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,063. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,063
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Synonyme de fontaine Wallace.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wallace · Wallace · French
Wallace · rank #15,063 · 8 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,063
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH wa
Nearest frequency peer: wa (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Wallace”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- versés
versés
84,941 corpus weight
- vétérans
vétérans
84,940 corpus weight
- wa
wa
84,939 corpus weight
- Wallace
Wallace
84,938 corpus weight
- wang
wang
84,937 corpus weight
- years
years
84,936 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Wallace” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wallace |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wa.las\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,063 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wallace” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Wallace (IPA \wa.las\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,063 among 549 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Synonyme de fontaine Wallace.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wallace, with forms such as "awllace", "walace", and "walalce". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Wallace, spelled W-A-L-L-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de fontaine Wallace.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wallace appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pantelant, le policier se raccrocha à une Wallace du boulevard de Clichy. La face cireuse grimaçait, macabre, sur le pavé en bois à la lueur incertaine des réverbères.
Les Wallaces, elles aussi, ont leur petit lot de stalactites et de stalagmites qui, en certains endroits, forment de très curieux ensembles.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awllace
- walace
- walalce
- wallacce
- wallaec
- wallcae
- wlalace
- wwallace
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wallace - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.