Zeus
\dzøs\
The verdict
“Zeus” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,541. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,541
- frequency rank, French
- 240
- “Z” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dieu du ciel et de l’orage, roi des dieux et des humains, dont les symboles sont l’aigle et le foudre, dernier fils de Cronos et de Rhéa.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zeus · Zeus · French
Zeus · rank #15,541 · 5 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,541
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 240
- PHOTO-FINISH win
Nearest frequency peer: win (-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 “Zeus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- villas
villas
84,463 corpus weight
- water
water
84,462 corpus weight
- win
win
84,461 corpus weight
- Zeus
Zeus
84,460 corpus weight
- zut
zut
84,459 corpus weight
- échappée
échappée
84,458 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Zeus” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Zeus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \dzøs\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #15,541 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zeus” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Zeus (IPA \dzøs\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #15,541 among 240 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dieu du ciel et de l’orage, roi des dieux et des humains, dont les symboles sont l’aigle et le foudre, dernier fils de Cronos et de Rhéa.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zeus, with forms such as "ezus", "zesu", and "zeuss". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "zu", "zut", "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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Zeus, spelled Z-E-U-S.
Definition
- 1Dieu du ciel et de l’orage, roi des dieux et des humains, dont les symboles sont l’aigle et le foudre, dernier fils de Cronos et de Rhéa.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zeus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Invisible et sans rien troubler de ma présence, comme un Zeus vêtu d’air aux âges d’innocence, que ne puis-je « inspecter » le grand travail des champs!
En sixième, quand on a fait la mythologie grecque, je me suis dit que c’était normal que les gouers, ils croyaient que Jésus était le fils de Dieu parce que leurs ancêtres, ils croyaient bien qu’Héraclès était le fils de Zeus.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ezus
- zesu
- zeuss
- zues
- zzeus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zeus - 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 September 3, 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 "Zeus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Zeus". Here's where to go from here.
- "Zeus" maps to 17 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "zu". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #15,541 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "Z" letter cohort. Z–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.