bleus

\blø\

/\blø\/ adj

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The verdict

“bleus” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,056. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,056
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de bleu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bleus · bleus · French

bleus · rank #3,056 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,056
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bouger

Nearest frequency peer: bouger (+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 « bleus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bleus » 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).

bleus vs bus
60% similar
bleus vs blu
60% similar
bleus vs blue
60% similar

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

Key facts for bleus
PropertyValue
Headwordbleus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\blø\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,056
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bleus »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bleusse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bouger » (#3,057), « augmente » (#3,054), « bouteille » (#3,058). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bleus » est au #3,056. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around bleus (IPA \blø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,056 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de bleu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for bleus, with forms such as "bbleus", "belus", and "blesu". 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, "bus", "blu", "blue", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bleus, spelled B-L-E-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de bleu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'arrière-saison prolongeait l’éclosion tardive des bolets, des russules "jolies", des tricholomes bleus.
  2. Personne ne les récoltera, elles tomberont sur la terre comme celle que tu pris un soir dans l’île enchanteresse où les paons bleus ornent les perrons de pierre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbleus
  • belus
  • blesu
  • bleuss
  • blleus
  • lbeus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbleus1belus2blesu2bleuss1blleus1lbeus2
Edit distance from "bleus"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list