zéro

\ze.ʁo\

/\ze.ʁo\/ adj

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The verdict

“zéro” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,655. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,655
frequency rank, French
240
“Z” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vide, sans aucun élément.

Corpus desk

Index FR-zero · zéro · French

zéro · rank #2,655 · 6 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,655
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 240
  • PHOTO-FINISH W

Nearest frequency peer: W (-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 « zéro »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « zéro » 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).

zéro vs zo
50% similar
zéro vs zoo
50% similar
zéro vs zur
50% similar

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

Key facts for zéro
PropertyValue
Headwordzéro
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ze.ʁo\
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,655
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « zéro »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.zérose place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « W » (#2,654), « allant » (#2,656), « voile » (#2,653). Parmi 240 lemmes en « Z », « zéro » est au #2,655. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around zéro (IPA \ze.ʁo\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,655 among 240 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for zéro, with forms such as "zero", "zréo", and "zzéro". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "zo", "zoo", "zur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is zéro, spelled Z-É-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vide, sans aucun élément.
  2. 2
    Point de départ dans une échelle graduée ou dans une série numérotée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Seulement, combien d’argent a-t-il dépensé pour aider ses quelques^([sic : quelque]) 700 partisans qui ont été poursuivis pour leur participation à l’émeute — qui n’était rien d’autre qu’une tentative de coup d’État pour empêcher la certification des résultats de l’élection ? Zéro dollar.
  2. Nous avons zéro faute d’orthographe.

Synonyms

aucunnul

This word in other languages

zero(English)cero(Español)null(Deutsch)zero(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • zero
  • zréo
  • zzéro
  • zéor
  • zérro
  • ézro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zéro - 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.

zero1zréo2zzéro1zéor2zérro1ézro2
Edit distance from "zéro"

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 "zéro"?
"zéro" is spelled Z-É-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ze.ʁo\.
What does "zéro" mean?
As an adjective, "zéro" means: Vide, sans aucun élément.
What words are commonly confused with "zéro"?
"zéro" is commonly confused with "zo", "zoo", "zur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zéro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zéro" is \ze.ʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zéro" come from?
"zéro" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

taxe#2,648clés#2,666mont#2,684Rock#2,693

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

aurez6 variantssouci6 variantsHarry6 variantsfoule6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list