aquarelle
\a.kwa.ʁɛl\
The verdict
“aquarelle” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,742. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,742
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Technique de peinture à l’eau sur papier, avec des couleurs transparentes, ayant le moins d’épaisseur possible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aquarelle · aquarelle · French
aquarelle · rank #19,742 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,742
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH aptes
Nearest frequency peer: aptes (-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 « aquarelle »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- anodin
anodin
80,262 corpus weight
- apps
apps
80,261 corpus weight
- aptes
aptes
80,260 corpus weight
- aquarelle
aquarelle
80,259 corpus weight
- arrow
arrow
80,258 corpus weight
- arrêtant
arrêtant
80,257 corpus weight
What this shows « aquarelle » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aquarelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.kwa.ʁɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #19,742 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aquarelle »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around aquarelle (IPA \a.kwa.ʁɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,742 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for aquarelle, with forms such as "aqaurelle", "aqquarelle", and "aquaerlle". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is aquarelle, spelled A-Q-U-A-R-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Technique de peinture à l’eau sur papier, avec des couleurs transparentes, ayant le moins d’épaisseur possible.
- 2Œuvre peinte avec cette technique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aquarelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’arrivée du régiment leur avait donné lieu de parler guerre et cheval, les deux seules choses, avec la peinture à l’aquarelle, sur lesquelles la province permette à un bon gentilhomme d’avoir quelque instruction.
À mesure que nous dressions nos cartes, mademoiselle de Lessay les lavait à l’aquarelle.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aqaurelle
- aqquarelle
- aquaerlle
- aquarele
- aquarelel
- aquarlele
- aquarrelle
- aquraelle
- auqarelle
- qauarelle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aquarelle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aquarelle", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).