mistral
/mɪˈstɹɑːl/
"mistral" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mistral” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,360. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,360
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mistral · mistral · English
mistral · rank #48,360 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,360
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mockingly
Nearest frequency peer: mockingly (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “mistral”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Miho
Miho
51,645 corpus weight
- Minna
Minna
51,644 corpus weight
- Minot
Minot
51,643 corpus weight
- mistral
mistral
51,641 corpus weight
- mockingly
mockingly
51,640 corpus weight
- mook
mook
51,638 corpus weight
What this shows “mistral” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mistral |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɪˈstɹɑːl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,360 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mistral”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around mistral (IPA /mɪˈstɹɑːl/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,360 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mistral, with forms such as "imstral", "misrtal", and "misstral". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "mitra", "mitral", "mistrial", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French mistral, from Occitan. Doublet of magistral. The correct English form is mistral, spelled M-I-S-T-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mistral appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I saw him, the sea gray under the mistral and foam-flecked, watching the vanishing coast of France, which he was destined never to see again; and I thought there was something gallant in his bearing and dauntless in his soul.
The mistral had been blowing for three days now and the sea showed more white than blue
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French mistral, from Occitan. Doublet of magistral.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imstral
- misrtal
- misstral
- mistarl
- mistrall
- mistrla
- mistrral
- misttral
- mitsral
- mmistral
- msitral
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mistral - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mistral", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).