where
\ˈwɛɚ\
The verdict
“where” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,271. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,271
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Où.
Corpus desk
Index FR-where · where · French
where · rank #16,271 · 7 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,271
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH WhatsApp
Nearest frequency peer: WhatsApp (-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 « where »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- vrac
vrac
83,732 corpus weight
- WhatsApp
WhatsApp
83,731 corpus weight
- where
where
83,730 corpus weight
- woman
woman
83,729 corpus weight
- XIVe
XIVe
83,728 corpus weight
- Yougoslavie
Yougoslavie
83,727 corpus weight
What this shows « where » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | where |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ˈwɛɚ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #16,271 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « where »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around where (IPA \ˈwɛɚ\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #16,271 among 549 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Où.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for where, with forms such as "hwere", "wehre", and "wheer". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "white", "while", "whole", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is where, spelled W-H-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1Où.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how where appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Where are you?
Where are the watches? I want a first class Swiss watch.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hwere
- wehre
- wheer
- wherre
- whhere
- whree
- wwhere
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of where - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "where", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).