articles
\aʁ.tikl\
The verdict
“articles” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #864. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #864
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de article.
Corpus desk
Index FR-articles · articles · French
articles · rank #864 · 12 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #864
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH éviter
Nearest frequency peer: éviter (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “articles”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- voyage
voyage
99,141 corpus weight
- énergie
énergie
99,140 corpus weight
- éviter
éviter
99,139 corpus weight
- articles
articles
99,137 corpus weight
- combien
combien
99,135 corpus weight
- continue
continue
99,134 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “articles” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | articles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.tikl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “articles” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around articles (IPA \aʁ.tikl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #864 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de article.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for articles, with forms such as "aritcles", "arrticles", and "artciles". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "artistes", "articulé", "articuler", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 articles, spelled A-R-T-I-C-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de article.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how articles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans tous les articles, les auteurs s’attachent scrupuleusement aux faits, aux données brutes et concrètes : pas de bavardage, pas d’interprétations oiseuses, mais des informations précises étayées par des citations sourcées.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aritcles
- arrticles
- artciles
- articcles
- articels
- articless
- articlles
- articlse
- artilces
- artticles
- atricles
- raticles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of articles - 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.
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 "articles", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "articles". Here's where to go from here.
- "articles" maps to 9 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "artistes". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #864 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.