antérieurs

\ɑ̃.te.ʁjœʁ\

/\ɑ̃.te.ʁjœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“antérieurs” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,295. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,295
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pattes avant d’un animal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anterieurs · antérieurs · French

antérieurs · rank #16,295 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,295
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH analystes

Nearest frequency peer: analystes (-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 « antérieurs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « antérieurs » 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).

antérieurs vs antérieur
90% similar
antérieurs vs antérieure
90% similar
antérieurs vs antérieures
91% similar

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

Key facts for antérieurs
PropertyValue
Headwordantérieurs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.te.ʁjœʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#16,295
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « antérieurs »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).antérieursse 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 « analystes » (#16,294), « apôtre » (#16,296), « Amplitude » (#16,293). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « antérieurs » est au #16,295. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around antérieurs (IPA \ɑ̃.te.ʁjœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,295 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pattes avant d’un animal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for antérieurs, with forms such as "anntérieurs", "anterieurs", and "antréieurs". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "antérieur", "antérieure", "antérieures", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is antérieurs, spelled A-N-T-É-R-I-E-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pattes avant d’un animal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Alors que le sang s’écoulait encore et à plein débit, ils découpaient les antérieurs, puis la tête.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anntérieurs
  • anterieurs
  • antréieurs
  • anttérieurs
  • antéireurs
  • antéreiurs
  • antérierus
  • antérieurrs
  • antérieurss
  • antérieusr
  • antériuers
  • antérrieurs
  • anétrieurs
  • atnérieurs
  • natérieurs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

anntérieurs1anterieurs1antréieurs2anttérieurs1antéireurs2antéreiurs2antérierus2antérieurrs1
Edit distance from "antérieurs"

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 "antérieurs"?
"antérieurs" is spelled A-N-T-É-R-I-E-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.te.ʁjœʁ\.
What does "antérieurs" mean?
As a noun, "antérieurs" means: Pattes avant d’un animal.
What words are commonly confused with "antérieurs"?
"antérieurs" is commonly confused with "antérieur", "antérieure", "antérieures". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "antérieurs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antérieurs" is \ɑ̃.te.ʁjœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antérieurs" come from?
"antérieurs" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "antérieurs", 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