Antilles
\ɑ̃.tij\
The verdict
“Antilles” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,598. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,598
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble d’îles, situé dans la mer des Caraïbes, dans le golfe du Mexique (cayos cubains) et dans l'océan Atlantique et bordé au sud par l’Amérique du Sud, à l'ouest par la péninsule du Yucatán et ...
Corpus desk
Index FR-antilles · Antilles · French
Antilles · rank #9,598 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,598
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH anecdotes
Nearest frequency peer: anecdotes (-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 « Antilles »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- alliances
alliances
90,407 corpus weight
- anecdotes
anecdotes
90,404 corpus weight
- Antilles
Antilles
90,403 corpus weight
- aperçoit
aperçoit
90,402 corpus weight
- apocalypse
apocalypse
90,401 corpus weight
- approches
approches
90,400 corpus weight
What this shows « Antilles » 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 | Antilles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.tij\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Antilles »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Antilles (IPA \ɑ̃.tij\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,598 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ensemble d’îles, situé dans la mer des Caraïbes, dans le golfe du Mexique (cayos cubains) et dans l'océan Atlantique et bordé au sud par l’Amérique du Sud, à l'ouest par la péninsule du Yucatán et ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Antilles, with forms such as "anitlles", "anntilles", and "antilels". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "articles", "ailles", "Antibes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Antilles, spelled A-N-T-I-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Ensemble d’îles, situé dans la mer des Caraïbes, dans le golfe du Mexique (cayos cubains) et dans l'océan Atlantique et bordé au sud par l’Amérique du Sud, à l'ouest par la péninsule du Yucatán et au nord-ouest par la Floride.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Antilles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces trésors végétaux viennent de Madère, des Canaries, des Antilles, des îles Juan Fernandez ou encore d’Hawaï.
Chacun leur tour, les copilotes dirigent le bateau jusqu’aux Caraïbes, puis vers le Cap-Vert, avant de fendre l’Atlantique vers les Antilles.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anitlles
- anntilles
- antilels
- antiles
- antilless
- antillse
- antliles
- anttilles
- atnilles
- natilles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Antilles - 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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).