welcome
\ˈwɛl.kəm\
The verdict
“welcome” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,908. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,908
- frequency rank, French
- 27,995
- “W” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Accueillir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-welcome · welcome · French
welcome · rank #18,908 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,908
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,995
- PHOTO-FINISH walking
Nearest frequency peer: walking (-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 “welcome”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vince
vince
81,096 corpus weight
- vista
vista
81,095 corpus weight
- walking
walking
81,094 corpus weight
- welcome
welcome
81,093 corpus weight
- were
were
81,092 corpus weight
- Wesley
Wesley
81,091 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “welcome” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | welcome |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈwɛl.kəm\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,908 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “welcome” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around welcome (IPA \ˈwɛl.kəm\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,908 among 27,995 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for welcome, with forms such as "ewlcome", "weclome", and "welccome". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is welcome, spelled W-E-L-C-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Accueillir.
- 2Saluer.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewlcome
- weclome
- welccome
- welcmoe
- welcoem
- welcomme
- wellcome
- welocme
- wlecome
- wwelcome
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of welcome - 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.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "welcome", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (10 here; floor ≥5).
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.