cercles

\sɛʁkl\

/\sɛʁkl\/ noun

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The verdict

“cercles” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,512. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,512
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-cercles · cercles · French

cercles · rank #8,512 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,512
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH censée

Nearest frequency peer: censée (-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 « cercles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cercles » 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).

cercles vs Cérès
29% similar
cercles vs certes
71% similar
cercles vs cycles
71% similar

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

Key facts for cercles
PropertyValue
Headwordcercles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛʁkl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,512
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cercles »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cerclesse 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 « censée » (#8,511), « chanceux » (#8,513), « carnaval » (#8,510). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cercles » est au #8,512. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around cercles (IPA \sɛʁkl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,512 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de cercle.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cercles, with forms such as "ccercles", "cecrles", and "cerccles". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Cérès", "certes", "cycles", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cercles, spelled C-E-R-C-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de cercle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Que n’ai-je le temps de rompre les cercles de cet enchanteur, de me désétonner ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccercles
  • cecrles
  • cerccles
  • cercels
  • cercless
  • cerclles
  • cerclse
  • cerlces
  • cerrcles
  • crecles
  • ecrcles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccercles1cecrles2cerccles1cercels2cercless1cerclles1cerclse2cerlces2
Edit distance from "cercles"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chauffe#8,514bretons#8,506cuisson#8,525arrache#8,498

Similar misspelling depth

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

admission11 variantsZélande11 variantsentrant11 variantsvoyageur11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list