weekend
\wi.kɛnd\
The verdict
“weekend” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,449. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,449
- frequency rank, French
- 27,995
- “W” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante orthographique de week-end.
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 | weekend |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wi.kɛnd\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “weekend” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around weekend (IPA \wi.kɛnd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,449 among 27,995 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante orthographique de week-end.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for weekend, with forms such as "ewekend", "weeeknd", and "weekedn". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "weekends", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is weekend, spelled W-E-E-K-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de week-end.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ewekend,weeeknd,weekedn,weekendd,weekennd,weekkend,weekned,wekeend,wekend,wweekend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weekend - 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.
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Using “weekend”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is W-E-E-K-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \wi.kɛnd\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “weekends” - see the side-by-side comparison. weekend vs weekends
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.