aléas

\a.le.a\

/\a.le.a\/ noun

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The verdict

“aléas” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,060. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,060
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-aleas · aléas · French

aléas · rank #17,060 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,060
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alsacien

Nearest frequency peer: alsacien (-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 « aléas »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « aléas » 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).

aléas vs als
60% similar
aléas vs Alex
20% similar
aléas vs âmes
20% similar

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

Key facts for aléas
PropertyValue
Headwordaléas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.le.a\
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,060
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aléas »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.aléasse 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 « alsacien » (#17,059), « amber » (#17,061), « Alonso » (#17,058). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aléas » est au #17,060. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around aléas (IPA \a.le.a\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,060 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de aléa.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for aléas, with forms such as "alaés", "aleas", and "alléas". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "als", "Alex", "âmes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is aléas, spelled A-L-É-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de aléa.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il ne pensa qu’à ça, il y pensa tout de suite, ces connauds le privaient du seul plaisir qu’il croyait intangible, hors de portée des aléas politiques.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alaés
  • aleas
  • alléas
  • aléass
  • alésa
  • aélas
  • laéas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aléas - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

alaés2aleas1alléas1aléass1alésa2aélas2laéas2
Edit distance from "aléas"

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 "aléas"?
"aléas" is spelled A-L-É-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.le.a\.
What does "aléas" mean?
As a noun, "aléas" means: Pluriel de aléa.
What words are commonly confused with "aléas"?
"aléas" is commonly confused with "als", "Alex", "âmes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aléas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aléas" is \a.le.a\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aléas" come from?
"aléas" 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 "aléas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

amber#17,061ambre#17,062Yonne#17,042baril#17,080

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list