amiral

\a.mi.ʁal\

/\a.mi.ʁal\/ adj

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The verdict

“amiral” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,946. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,946
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au commandement maritime.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amiral · amiral · French

amiral · rank #5,946 · 8 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,946
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Am

Nearest frequency peer: Am (-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 « amiral »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « amiral » 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).

amiral vs axial
67% similar
amiral vs animal
67% similar
amiral vs astral
67% similar

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

Key facts for amiral
PropertyValue
Headwordamiral
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.mi.ʁal\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,946
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amiral »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).amiralse 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 « Am » (#5,945), « artisans » (#5,947), « administratives » (#5,944). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amiral » est au #5,946. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around amiral (IPA \a.mi.ʁal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,946 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for amiral, with forms such as "aimral", "amiarl", and "amirall". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "axial", "animal", "astral", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is amiral, spelled A-M-I-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au commandement maritime.
  2. 2
    De bagne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Deux heures après, les vaisseaux avaient rallié le vaisseau amiral, et tous les trois, n’osant sans doute pas se hasarder à entrer dans l’étroit goulet du port, jetaient l’ancre entre Le Havre et la Hève.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aimral
  • amiarl
  • amirall
  • amirla
  • amirral
  • ammiral
  • amrial
  • mairal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aimral2amiarl2amirall1amirla2amirral1ammiral1amrial2mairal2
Edit distance from "amiral"

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 "amiral"?
"amiral" is spelled A-M-I-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \a.mi.ʁal\.
What does "amiral" mean?
As an adjective, "amiral" means: Relatif au commandement maritime.
What words are commonly confused with "amiral"?
"amiral" is commonly confused with "axial", "animal", "astral". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amiral"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amiral" is \a.mi.ʁal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amiral" come from?
"amiral" 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 "amiral", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bornes#5,951cahier#5,952usages#5,937tienne#5,933

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

cuivre8 variantsdessert8 variantssagesse8 variantsdéfis8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list