ancestraux

\ɑ̃.sɛs.tʁo\

/\ɑ̃.sɛs.tʁo\/ adj

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The verdict

“ancestraux” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,266. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,266
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de ancestral.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ancestraux · ancestraux · French

ancestraux · rank #43,266 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,266
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH anales

Nearest frequency peer: anales (-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 « ancestraux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ancestraux » 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).

ancestraux vs ancestral
80% similar
ancestraux vs ancestrale
80% similar

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

Key facts for ancestraux
PropertyValue
Headwordancestraux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.sɛs.tʁo\
Letters10
Frequency rank#43,266
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ancestraux »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ancestrauxse 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 « anales » (#43,265), « Andrieu » (#43,267), « amulette » (#43,264). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ancestraux » est au #43,266. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around ancestraux (IPA \ɑ̃.sɛs.tʁo\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,266 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de ancestral.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for ancestraux, with forms such as "acnestraux", "anccestraux", and "ancesrtaux". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ancestral", "ancestrale", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ancestraux, spelled A-N-C-E-S-T-R-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de ancestral.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La reconstitution des habitats ancestraux à partir d’une phylogénie moléculaire (Alexandrou et al., 2013) indique également une origine dulçaquicole pour l’ancêtre commun des ésociformes et des salmoniformes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acnestraux
  • anccestraux
  • ancesrtaux
  • ancesstraux
  • ancestarux
  • ancestrauxx
  • ancestraxu
  • ancestrraux
  • ancestruax
  • ancesttraux
  • ancetsraux
  • ancsetraux
  • anecstraux
  • anncestraux
  • nacestraux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acnestraux2anccestraux1ancesrtaux2ancesstraux1ancestarux2ancestrauxx1ancestraxu2ancestrraux1
Edit distance from "ancestraux"

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 "ancestraux"?
"ancestraux" is spelled A-N-C-E-S-T-R-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.sɛs.tʁo\.
What does "ancestraux" mean?
As an adjective, "ancestraux" means: Masculin pluriel de ancestral.
What words are commonly confused with "ancestraux"?
"ancestraux" is commonly confused with "ancestral", "ancestrale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ancestraux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ancestraux" is \ɑ̃.sɛs.tʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ancestraux" come from?
"ancestraux" 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 "ancestraux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list