cellules

\se.lyl\

/\se.lyl\/ noun

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The verdict

“cellules” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,125. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,125
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-cellules · cellules · French

cellules · rank #3,125 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,125
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH business

Nearest frequency peer: business (-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 « cellules »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cellules » 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).

cellules vs cellulose
78% similar
cellules vs celles
75% similar
cellules vs cellule
88% similar

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

Key facts for cellules
PropertyValue
Headwordcellules
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.lyl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,125
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cellules »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cellulesse 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 « business » (#3,124), « Christophe » (#3,126), « bureaux » (#3,123). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cellules » est au #3,125. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cellules (IPA \se.lyl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,125 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de cellule.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cellules, with forms such as "ccellules", "celllues", and "celluels". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "cellulose", "celles", "cellule", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cellules, spelled C-E-L-L-U-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de cellule.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nous avons pu prélever à l’aide d’une microspatule quelques clones d’allure épithéliale et obtenir ainsi des cultures secondaires pures de cellules dont l’aspect indique l’origine parenchymateuse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccellules
  • celllues
  • celluels
  • celluless
  • cellulles
  • cellulse
  • celules
  • celulles
  • clelules
  • ecllules

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccellules1celllues2celluels2celluless1cellulles1cellulse2celules1celulles2
Edit distance from "cellules"

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 "cellules"?
"cellules" is spelled C-E-L-L-U-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \se.lyl\.
What does "cellules" mean?
As a noun, "cellules" means: Pluriel de cellule.
What words are commonly confused with "cellules"?
"cellules" is commonly confused with "cellulose", "celles", "cellule". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cellules"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cellules" is \se.lyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cellules" come from?
"cellules" 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 "cellules", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

business#3,124écrivain#3,116troubles#3,110rapporte#3,100

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

couvert10 variantstrouvez10 variantstension10 variantssaisons10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list