Zhao

\za.o\

/\za.o\/ name

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The verdict

“Zhao” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,780. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,780
frequency rank, French
240
“Z” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille chinois.

Corpus desk

Index FR-zhao · Zhao · French

Zhao · rank #35,780 · 5 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,780
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 240
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zhou

Nearest frequency peer: Zhou (+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 « Zhao »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Zhao » 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).

Zhao vs zo
25% similar
Zhao vs zoo
25% similar
Zhao vs Zhu
50% similar

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

Key facts for Zhao
PropertyValue
HeadwordZhao
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\za.o\
Letters4
Frequency rank#35,780
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Zhao »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Zhaose place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Zhou » (#35,781), « zoos » (#35,782), « worms » (#35,777). Parmi 240 lemmes en « Z », « Zhao » est au #35,780. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Zhao (IPA \za.o\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,780 among 240 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille chinois.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zhao, with forms such as "hzao", "zaho", and "zhhao". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "zo", "zoo", "Zhu", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Zhao, spelled Z-H-A-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille chinois.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette crise d’identité, qui a pu se cristalliser dans la direction centrale avec l’éviction de Zhao Ziyang [赵紫阳] lors des événements de Tianʼanmen, traverse aujourd’hui les rapports entre le Centre et les provinces.
  2. L’année 1760 avait été marquée par une cérémonie grandiose qui mettait à l’honneur les généraux Pacificateurs de l’Ouest, Zhao Hui [兆惠] et Fu De.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hzao
  • zaho
  • zhhao
  • zhoa
  • zzhao

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hzao2zaho2zhhao1zhoa2zzhao1
Edit distance from "Zhao"

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 "Zhao"?
"Zhao" is spelled Z-H-A-O. The IPA pronunciation is \za.o\.
What does "Zhao" mean?
As a proper noun, "Zhao" means: Nom de famille chinois.
What words are commonly confused with "Zhao"?
"Zhao" is commonly confused with "zo", "zoo", "Zhu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Zhao"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Zhao" is \za.o\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Zhao" come from?
"Zhao" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Zhou#35,781zoos#35,782vine#35,771alta#35,803

Similar misspelling depth

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

aéré5 variantssour5 variantsshea5 variantscannon5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list