zoos

\zo\

/\zo\/ noun

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The verdict

“zoos” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,782. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,782
frequency rank, French
240
“Z” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de zoo.

Corpus desk

Index FR-zoos · zoos · French

zoos · rank #35,782 · 5 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,782
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 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 « zoos »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « zoos » 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).

zoos vs zou
50% similar
zoos vs zouk
50% similar
zoos vs zo
50% similar

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

Key facts for zoos
PropertyValue
Headwordzoos
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\zo\
Letters4
Frequency rank#35,782
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « zoos »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).zoosse 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 « Zhou » (#35,781), « échappait » (#35,783), « Zhao » (#35,780). Parmi 240 lemmes en « Z », « zoos » est au #35,782. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around zoos (IPA \zo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,782 among 240 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de zoo.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for zoos, with forms such as "ozos", "zooss", and "zos". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "zou", "zouk", "zo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is zoos, spelled Z-O-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de zoo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans une époque où la dureté de la lutte pour la vie et le surmenage risquent de compromettre la morale, le citoyen doit se trouver face à face avec une nature non avilie, avec l’eau elle-même, par le dégagement des rivières, avec l’air, par les parcs ; l'habitant des villes doit être, dans sa mission d'homme actif, flatté, réconforté par ces caresses et…
  2. Vers 1965, le monde comptait au moins 440 parcs zoologiques (ou zoos), dont environ 175 en Europe et 120 aux États-Unis.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ozos
  • zooss
  • zos
  • zoso
  • zzoos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ozos2zooss1zos1zoso2zzoos1
Edit distance from "zoos"

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 "zoos"?
"zoos" is spelled Z-O-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is \zo\.
What does "zoos" mean?
As a noun, "zoos" means: Pluriel de zoo.
What words are commonly confused with "zoos"?
"zoos" is commonly confused with "zou", "zouk", "zo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "zoos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zoos" is \zo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zoos" come from?
"zoos" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Zhou#35,781Zhao#35,780vine#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