willow
\ˈwɪl.əʊ\
The verdict
“willow” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,431. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,431
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Saule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-willow · willow · French
willow · rank #30,431 · 7 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,431
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH while
Nearest frequency peer: while (-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 « willow »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- véhiculer
véhiculer
69,573 corpus weight
- véranda
véranda
69,572 corpus weight
- while
while
69,571 corpus weight
- willow
willow
69,570 corpus weight
- youtubeurs
youtubeurs
69,569 corpus weight
- Zeitung
Zeitung
69,568 corpus weight
What this shows « willow » 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 | willow |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈwɪl.əʊ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #30,431 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « willow »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around willow (IPA \ˈwɪl.əʊ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,431 among 549 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for willow, with forms such as "iwllow", "willoww", and "willwo". 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, "Willy", "Wilson", "window", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is willow, spelled W-I-L-L-O-W.
Definition
- 1Saule.
- 2Batte de cricket (traditionnellement en bois de saule).
- 3Batte de baseball.
- 4Tambour rotatif à pointes utilisé pour ouvrir et nettoyer les têtes de coton.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwllow
- willoww
- willwo
- wilolw
- wilow
- wlilow
- wwillow
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of willow - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).