belges

\bɛlʒ\

/\bɛlʒ\/ adj

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The verdict

“belges” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,311. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,311
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de belge.

Corpus desk

Index FR-belges · belges · French

belges · rank #4,311 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,311
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH auxquels

Nearest frequency peer: auxquels (-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 « belges »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « belges » 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).

belges vs blés
50% similar
belges vs belle
67% similar
belges vs bêtes
50% similar

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

Key facts for belges
PropertyValue
Headwordbelges
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bɛlʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,311
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « belges »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.belgesse 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 « auxquels » (#4,310), « bite » (#4,312), « aussitôt » (#4,309). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « belges » est au #4,311. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around belges (IPA \bɛlʒ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,311 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de belge.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for belges, with forms such as "bbelges", "begles", and "belegs". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "blés", "belle", "bêtes", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is belges, spelled B-E-L-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de belge.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La star internationale, hyperglamour sur les marches du Palais — le 20 mai, aux côtés des deux cinéastes belges et de Fabrizio Rongione — peut-elle encore s’effacer au profit de son personnage ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbelges
  • begles
  • belegs
  • belgess
  • belgges
  • belgse
  • bellges
  • bleges
  • eblges

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbelges1begles2belegs2belgess1belgges1belgse2bellges1bleges2
Edit distance from "belges"

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 "belges"?
"belges" is spelled B-E-L-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛlʒ\.
What does "belges" mean?
As an adjective, "belges" means: Pluriel de belge.
What words are commonly confused with "belges"?
"belges" is commonly confused with "blés", "belle", "bêtes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "belges"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "belges" is \bɛlʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "belges" come from?
"belges" 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 "belges", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

urbain#4,296tombée#4,292tenant#4,291fraude#4,335

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

attaché9 variantsappelés9 variantsappelait9 variantsallaient9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list