zone

\zon\

/\zon\/ noun

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The verdict

“zone” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #748. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#748
frequency rank, French
240
“Z” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bande ou marque plus ou moins circulaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-zone · zone · French

zone · rank #748 · 5 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #748
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 240
  • PHOTO-FINISH sort

Nearest frequency peer: sort (-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 « zone »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « zone » 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).

zone vs zoo
50% similar
zone vs zou
50% similar
zone vs zoom
50% similar

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

Key facts for zone
PropertyValue
Headwordzone
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\zon\
Letters4
Frequency rank#748
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « zone »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).zonese 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 « sort » (#747), « sein » (#746), « bureau » (#750). Parmi 240 lemmes en « Z », « zone » est au #748. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around zone (IPA \zon\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #748 among 240 “Z” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for zone, with forms such as "ozne", "znoe", and "zoen". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "zoo", "zou", "zoom", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is zone, spelled Z-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bande ou marque plus ou moins circulaire.
  2. 2
    Chacune des cinq grandes divisions du globe terrestre, que l’on conçoit séparées par des cercles parallèles à l’équateur.
  3. 3
    Bande claire qui traverse les disques planétaires de Jupiter et de Saturne, par opposition aux bandes, plus sombres.
  4. 4
    Partie visible des couches superposées dont certains terrains, certaines pierres, sont formées.
  5. 5
    Portion de la surface d’une sphère comprise entre deux plans parallèles.
  6. 6
    Partie d'une mémoire (morte ou vive), distinguée par sa fonction, son appartenance, ou d'autres de ses propriétés.
  7. 7
    Espace quelconque qui se distingue par un trait particulier.
  8. 8
    Quartier pauvre, banlieue, ceinture d’une agglomération.
  9. 9
    Exprime un désordre, le bazar, le bordel.
  10. 10
    Partie d'un domaine ou d'un sous-domaine gérée par un serveur autoritaire.
  11. 11
    Mot utilisé pour décrire l'état de concentration ultime.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La zone équatoriale.
  2. Dans l’onyx on voit plusieurs zones.

Synonyms

airechamp

This word in other languages

zone(English)zona(Español)Bereich(Deutsch)zona(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ozne
  • znoe
  • zoen
  • zonne
  • zzone

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ozne2znoe2zoen2zonne1zzone1
Edit distance from "zone"

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 "zone"?
"zone" is spelled Z-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \zon\.
What does "zone" mean?
As a noun, "zone" means: Bande ou marque plus ou moins circulaire.
What words are commonly confused with "zone"?
"zone" is commonly confused with "zoo", "zou", "zoom". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zone" is \zon\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zone" come from?
"zone" 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 "zone", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

sort#747sein#746pied#756demi#736

Similar misspelling depth

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

connu5 variantstaux5 variantsfini5 variantssalle5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list