bilatérale
\bi.la.te.ʁal\
The verdict
“bilatérale” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,341. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,341
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin singulier de bilatéral.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bilaterale · bilatérale · French
bilatérale · rank #27,341 · 15 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,341
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 227,490
- PHOTO-FINISH bet
Nearest frequency peer: bet (-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 “bilatérale”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Bengale
Bengale
72,663 corpus weight
- Berthier
Berthier
72,662 corpus weight
- bet
bet
72,661 corpus weight
- bilatérale
bilatérale
72,660 corpus weight
- bocage
bocage
72,659 corpus weight
- bonds
bonds
72,658 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bilatérale” 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 | bilatérale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bi.la.te.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #27,341 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bilatérale” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around bilatérale (IPA \bi.la.te.ʁal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,341 among 227,490 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de bilatéral.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for bilatérale, with forms such as "bbilatérale", "bialtérale", and "bilaterale". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "bilatéraux", "bilatérales", "bilatéral", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bilatérale, spelled B-I-L-A-T-É-R-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de bilatéral.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbilatérale
- bialtérale
- bilaterale
- bilatréale
- bilattérale
- bilatéarle
- bilatérael
- bilatéralle
- bilatérlae
- bilatérrale
- bilaétrale
- billatérale
- biltaérale
- bliatérale
- iblatérale
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bilatérale - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bilatérale", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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.