aiguiller
\e.ɡɥi.je\
The verdict
“aiguiller” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,314. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,314
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire passer un train en marche d’une voie sur une autre à l’aide d’un aiguillage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aiguiller · aiguiller · French
aiguiller · rank #48,314 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,314
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH aidaient
Nearest frequency peer: aidaient (-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 « aiguiller »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- agitées
agitées
51,690 corpus weight
- agrafe
agrafe
51,689 corpus weight
- aidaient
aidaient
51,688 corpus weight
- aiguiller
aiguiller
51,687 corpus weight
- ajustées
ajustées
51,686 corpus weight
- alcatraz
alcatraz
51,685 corpus weight
What this shows « aiguiller » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | aiguiller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.ɡɥi.je\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aiguiller »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around aiguiller (IPA \e.ɡɥi.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,314 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for aiguiller, with forms such as "agiuiller", "aigguiller", and "aigiuller". 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, "anguille", "aiguiser", "aiguilles", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is aiguiller, spelled A-I-G-U-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire passer un train en marche d’une voie sur une autre à l’aide d’un aiguillage.
- 2Diriger vers un nouveau but, un nouvel objet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aiguiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aiguiller une discussion, c’est la diriger vers un certain objet, d’ordinaire en la détournant de son objet initial
Aiguiller les recherches dans un certain sens, dans un sens différent
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agiuiller
- aigguiller
- aigiuller
- aiguilelr
- aiguiler
- aiguillerr
- aiguillre
- aiguliler
- aiugiller
- iaguiller
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aiguiller - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).