cathédrales

\ka.te.dʁal\

/\ka.te.dʁal\/ noun

The verdict

“cathédrales” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,882
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de cathédrale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cathedrales · cathédrales · French

cathédrales · rank #21,882 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #21,882
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH catalyseur

Nearest frequency peer: catalyseur (-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 « cathédrales »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cathédrales » 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).

cathédrales vs cathédrale
91% similar

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

Key facts for cathédrales
PropertyValue
Headwordcathédrales
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.te.dʁal\
Letters11
Frequency rank#21,882
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cathédrales »

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

#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 « catalyseur » (#21,881), « chartreuse » (#21,883), « Caracas » (#21,880). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cathédrales » est au #21,882. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around cathédrales (IPA \ka.te.dʁal\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,882 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de cathédrale.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for cathédrales, with forms such as "acthédrales", "cahtédrales", and "cathdérales". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cathédrale", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cathédrales, spelled C-A-T-H-É-D-R-A-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de cathédrale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Parmi les tailleurs de pierre qui sculptaient les images des cathédrales, il y avait des hommes d’un talent supérieur, qui semblent être demeurés toujours confondus dans la masse des compagnons ; ils ne produisaient pas moins des chefs-d’œuvre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acthédrales
  • cahtédrales
  • cathdérales
  • cathedrales
  • cathhédrales
  • cathédarles
  • cathéddrales
  • cathédraels
  • cathédraless
  • cathédralles
  • cathédralse
  • cathédrlaes
  • cathédrrales
  • cathérdales
  • catthédrales
  • catéhdrales
  • ccathédrales
  • ctahédrales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acthédrales2cahtédrales2cathdérales2cathedrales1cathhédrales1cathédarles2cathéddrales1cathédraels2
Edit distance from "cathédrales"

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 "cathédrales"?
"cathédrales" is spelled C-A-T-H-É-D-R-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.te.dʁal\.
What does "cathédrales" mean?
As a noun, "cathédrales" means: Pluriel de cathédrale.
What words are commonly confused with "cathédrales"?
"cathédrales" is commonly confused with "cathédrale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cathédrales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cathédrales" is \ka.te.dʁal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cathédrales" come from?
"cathédrales" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cathédrales", 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 (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list