catalane

Name: catalane, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ka.ta.lan\

/\ka.ta.lan\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“catalane” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,947. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,947
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de catalan.

Corpus desk

Index FR-catalane · catalane · French

catalane · rank #20,947 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

FREQ-MID #20,947
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH canonique

Nearest frequency peer: canonique (-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.

buck

79,058
Byron

79,056
canonique

79,055
catalane

79,054
catéchisme

79,053
centralisat…

79,052

What this shows « catalane » 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).

catalane vs Catane

63% similar

catalane vs catalans

88% similar

catalane vs Catalogne

67% similar

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

Key facts for catalane
Property	Value
Headword	catalane
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\ka.ta.lan\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#20,947
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	6
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « catalane »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.catalanese place ici:

#20,947

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « canonique » (#20,946), « catéchisme » (#20,948), « Byron » (#20,945). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « catalane » est au #20,947. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around catalane (IPA \ka.ta.lan\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,947 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de catalan.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for catalane, with forms such as "actalane", "caatlane", and "cataalne". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Catane", "catalans", "Catalogne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is catalane, spelled C-A-T-A-L-A-N-E.

Definition

1
Féminin singulier de catalan.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

L’histoire locale est défendue comme une alternative permettant d’élaborer une version polycentrée, « débarcelonisée » de l’histoire nationale catalane.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

actalane
caatlane
cataalne
catalaen
catalanne
catallane
catalnae
catlaane
cattalane
ccatalane
ctaalane

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "catalane"

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 "catalane"?

"catalane" is spelled C-A-T-A-L-A-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ta.lan\.

What does "catalane" mean?

As an adjective, "catalane" means: Féminin singulier de catalan.

What words are commonly confused with "catalane"?

"catalane" is commonly confused with "Catane", "catalans", "Catalogne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "catalane"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "catalane" is \ka.ta.lan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "catalane" come from?

"catalane" 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 "catalane", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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