bénévoles
\be.ne.vɔl\
The verdict
“bénévoles” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,159. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,159
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de bénévole.
Corpus desk
Index FR-benevoles · bénévoles · French
bénévoles · rank #7,159 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #7,159
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bénéficient
Nearest frequency peer: bénéficient (-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 “bénévoles”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bâtir
bâtir
92,844 corpus weight
- bénéficient
bénéficient
92,843 corpus weight
- bénévoles
bénévoles
92,842 corpus weight
- cahiers
cahiers
92,841 corpus weight
- chants
chants
92,840 corpus weight
- cherchait
cherchait
92,839 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bénévoles” 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 | bénévoles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \be.ne.vɔl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,159 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “bénévoles” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around bénévoles (IPA \be.ne.vɔl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,159 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de bénévole.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for bénévoles, with forms such as "bbénévoles", "benevoles", and "bnéévoles". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "bénévolat", 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bénévoles, spelled B-É-N-É-V-O-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de bénévole.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bénévoles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plus de 2,3 t de choux, de patates et de viande ont été cuisinés par les équipes bénévoles de Jean-Michel Kruth, un charcutier de Haguenau (Bas-Rhin).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbénévoles
- benevoles
- bnéévoles
- bénnévoles
- bénvéoles
- bénéovles
- bénévloes
- bénévoels
- bénévoless
- bénévolles
- bénévolse
- bénévvoles
- béénvoles
- ébnévoles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bénévoles - 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 "bénévoles", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "bénévolat". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,159 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
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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.