weaver

\ˈwiː.vəʳ\

/\ˈwiː.vəʳ\/ noun

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The verdict

“weaver” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,927. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,927
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tisserand, tisseur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-weaver · weaver · French

weaver · rank #26,927 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,927
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH wake

Nearest frequency peer: wake (-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 « weaver »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « weaver » 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).

weaver vs weber
67% similar
weaver vs Werner
50% similar
weaver vs Wenger
50% similar

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

Key facts for weaver
PropertyValue
Headwordweaver
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈwiː.vəʳ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#26,927
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « weaver »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.weaverse 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 « wake » (#26,926), « yourself » (#26,928), « volatilité » (#26,925). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « weaver » est au #26,927. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around weaver (IPA \ˈwiː.vəʳ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,927 among 549 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tisserand, tisseur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for weaver, with forms such as "ewaver", "waever", and "weaevr". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "weber", "Werner", "Wenger", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is weaver, spelled W-E-A-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tisserand, tisseur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. He is a weaver at the factory.
  2. She is a master weaver.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ewaver
  • waever
  • weaevr
  • weaverr
  • weavre
  • weavver
  • wevaer
  • wweaver

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weaver - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ewaver2waever2weaevr2weaverr1weavre2weavver1wevaer2wweaver1
Edit distance from "weaver"

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 "weaver"?
"weaver" is spelled W-E-A-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈwiː.vəʳ\.
What does "weaver" mean?
As a noun, "weaver" means: Tisserand, tisseur.
What words are commonly confused with "weaver"?
"weaver" is commonly confused with "weber", "Werner", "Wenger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "weaver"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "weaver" is \ˈwiː.vəʳ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "weaver" come from?
"weaver" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "weaver", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

vitrée#26,923élance#26,933visual#26,921étable#26,937

Similar misspelling depth

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

valette8 variantsadonner8 variantsadorée8 variantstoison8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list