banal
\ba.nal\
The verdict
“banal” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,962. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,962
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient à un seigneur, et dont les paysans se servent en échange d’une redevance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-banal · banal · French
banal · rank #9,962 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,962
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH ayons
Nearest frequency peer: ayons (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “banal”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- atteignent
atteignent
90,042 corpus weight
- audiences
audiences
90,041 corpus weight
- ayons
ayons
90,040 corpus weight
- banal
banal
90,039 corpus weight
- Bobby
Bobby
90,038 corpus weight
- boris
boris
90,037 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “banal” 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 | banal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ba.nal\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “banal” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around banal (IPA \ba.nal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,962 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for banal, with forms such as "abnal", "baanl", and "banall". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "banc", "Bank", "bang", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is banal, spelled B-A-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui appartient à un seigneur, et dont les paysans se servent en échange d’une redevance.
- 2Commun, en parlant de biens dont le public a la jouissance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how banal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Près de l'Adhuy, le moulin banal se reflétait dans l'étang des Templiers. Dans les terres défoncées, les vilains allaient extraire le minerai de fer, puis cultiver l'avoine et le froment, et livrer la dîme au décimateur.
En juillet 1701, Henri Roguenet, hôtelier, et son fils Jean, boulanger, prennent à bail l'un des deux fours banaux de Ouarville. Outre un loyer annuel de 200 livres, ils fourniront au seigneur, à Noël, une douzaine de chapons, […]. Ils devront faire moudre tous leurs blés aux moulins banaux de la châtellenie ou à celui de Réclainville, à la charge toutefo…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abnal
- baanl
- banall
- banla
- bannal
- bbanal
- bnaal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of banal - 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 "banal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "banal". Here's where to go from here.
- "banal" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "banc". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,962 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "B" letter cohort. B–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.