watch
\wɒtʃ\
The verdict
“watch” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,099. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,099
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Montre (appareil pour donner l’heure).
Corpus desk
Index FR-watch · watch · French
watch · rank #9,099 · 8 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,099
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH was
Nearest frequency peer: was (-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 “watch”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vivez
vivez
90,905 corpus weight
- walker
walker
90,904 corpus weight
- was
was
90,903 corpus weight
- watch
watch
90,902 corpus weight
- who
who
90,901 corpus weight
- écarter
écarter
90,900 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “watch” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | watch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wɒtʃ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “watch” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around watch (IPA \wɒtʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,099 among 549 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for watch, with forms such as "awtch", "wacth", and "watcch". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "with", "watt", "water", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is watch, spelled W-A-T-C-H.
Definition
- 1Montre (appareil pour donner l’heure).
- 2Garde.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how watch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Three witches watch three watches. Which witch watches which watch?
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awtch
- wacth
- watcch
- watchh
- wathc
- wattch
- wtach
- wwatch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of watch - 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.
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 "watch", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "watch". Here's where to go from here.
- "watch" maps to 10 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "with". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,099 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "W" letter cohort. W–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
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.