zodiaque

\zo.djak\

/\zo.djak\/ noun

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The verdict

“zodiaque” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,320. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,320
frequency rank, French
240
“Z” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zone du ciel, bande circulaire de la sphère céleste entourant l’écliptique, traversant douze constellations et que le Soleil semble parcourir dans l’année.

Corpus desk

Index FR-zodiaque · zodiaque · French

zodiaque · rank #20,320 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #20,320
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 240
  • PHOTO-FINISH Yaoundé

Nearest frequency peer: Yaoundé (-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 « zodiaque »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « zodiaque » 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).

zodiaque vs zodiac
63% similar

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

Key facts for zodiaque
PropertyValue
Headwordzodiaque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\zo.djak\
Letters8
Frequency rank#20,320
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « zodiaque »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Yaoundé » (#20,319), « ébauche » (#20,321), « Yale » (#20,318). Parmi 240 lemmes en « Z », « zodiaque » est au #20,320. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around zodiaque (IPA \zo.djak\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,320 among 240 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for zodiaque, with forms such as "ozdiaque", "zdoiaque", and "zodaique". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "zodiac", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is zodiaque, spelled Z-O-D-I-A-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zone du ciel, bande circulaire de la sphère céleste entourant l’écliptique, traversant douze constellations et que le Soleil semble parcourir dans l’année.
  2. 2
    Représentation rituelle de cette bande dans laquelle les constellations, appelées signes, sont figurées par des emblèmes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour renfermer le cours de toutes les Planètes dans un même espace, on s’est avisé d’élargir l’écliptique de part & d’autre ; on en a fait comme une espèce de ceinture à laquelle on a donné le nom de zodiaque : c’est encore un terme emprunté du grec, & qui signifie porte-animaux.
  2. Il plonge au noir zénith ; il joue Avec tout ce qu’on peut oser ; Le zodiaque, énorme roue, A failli parfois l’écraser.

This word in other languages

zodiac(English)zodíaco(Español)Tierkreis(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ozdiaque
  • zdoiaque
  • zodaique
  • zoddiaque
  • zodiaqeu
  • zodiaqque
  • zodiauqe
  • zodiqaue
  • zoidaque
  • zzodiaque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ozdiaque2zdoiaque2zodaique2zoddiaque1zodiaqeu2zodiaqque1zodiauqe2zodiqaue2
Edit distance from "zodiaque"

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 "zodiaque"?
"zodiaque" is spelled Z-O-D-I-A-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \zo.djak\.
What does "zodiaque" mean?
As a noun, "zodiaque" means: Zone du ciel, bande circulaire de la sphère céleste entourant l’écliptique, traversant douze constellations et que le Soleil semble parcourir dans l’année.
What words are commonly confused with "zodiaque"?
"zodiaque" is commonly confused with "zodiac". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zodiaque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zodiaque" is \zo.djak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zodiaque" come from?
"zodiaque" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

éclosion#20,322Wolfgang#20,317élevages#20,325violeurs#20,314

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

ébauche10 variantsYaoundé10 variantstouchez10 variantsarcades10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list