zigzag
\ziɡ.zaɡ\
The verdict
“zigzag” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,692
- frequency rank, French
- 39,292
- “Z” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ligne brisée formant des angles alternativement saillants et rentrants.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zigzag |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ziɡ.zaɡ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #42,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zigzag” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around zigzag (IPA \ziɡ.zaɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,692 among 39,292 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for zigzag, with forms such as "izgzag", "zgizag", and "zigazg". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 zigzag, spelled Z-I-G-Z-A-G.
Definition
- 1Ligne brisée formant des angles alternativement saillants et rentrants.
- 2Trajet ou tracé comportant de brusques ou fréquents changements de direction.
- 3Changements fréquents de direction, d’opinion.
- 4Autre nom du bombyx disparate (papillon).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: izgzag,zgizag,zigazg,ziggzag,zigzagg,zigzga,zigzzag,zizgag,zzigzag
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zigzag - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “zigzag”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Z-I-G-Z-A-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ziɡ.zaɡ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.