candidature
\kɑ̃.di.da.tyʁ\
The verdict
“candidature” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,903. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,903
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poursuite que fait un candidat d’un titre, d’un emploi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-candidature · candidature · French
candidature · rank #3,903 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,903
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Bulletin
Nearest frequency peer: Bulletin (-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 « candidature »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- blessure
blessure
96,101 corpus weight
- boucle
boucle
96,100 corpus weight
- Bulletin
Bulletin
96,099 corpus weight
- candidature
candidature
96,098 corpus weight
- catalogue
catalogue
96,097 corpus weight
- chant
chant
96,096 corpus weight
What this shows « candidature » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | candidature |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.di.da.tyʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #3,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « candidature »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around candidature (IPA \kɑ̃.di.da.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,903 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for candidature, with forms such as "acndidature", "cadnidature", and "canddiature". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "candidatures", "candidate", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is candidature, spelled C-A-N-D-I-D-A-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Poursuite que fait un candidat d’un titre, d’un emploi.
- 2Premier grade universitaire qui s'effectue en deux ou trois ans.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how candidature appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Annoncer sa candidature.
Renoncer à la candidature.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acndidature
- cadnidature
- canddiature
- canddidature
- candiadture
- candidatrue
- candidatture
- candidatuer
- candidaturre
- candidautre
- candiddature
- candidtaure
- caniddature
- canndidature
- ccandidature
- cnadidature
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of candidature - 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 "candidature", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).