crédules
\kʁe.dyl\
The verdict
“crédules” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,871. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,871
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de crédule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-credules · crédules · French
crédules · rank #43,871 · 13 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,871
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH croissent
Nearest frequency peer: croissent (-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 « crédules »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- criminal
criminal
56,133 corpus weight
- croirai
croirai
56,132 corpus weight
- croissent
croissent
56,131 corpus weight
- crédules
crédules
56,130 corpus weight
- cueilli
cueilli
56,129 corpus weight
- célestine
célestine
56,128 corpus weight
What this shows « crédules » 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 | crédules |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kʁe.dyl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crédules »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around crédules (IPA \kʁe.dyl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,871 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de crédule.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for crédules, with forms such as "ccrédules", "crdéules", and "credules". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "creuses", "créoles", "crédule", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is crédules, spelled C-R-É-D-U-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de crédule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crédules appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
l’une de ses sandales d’airain laissée sur le bord du cratère révéla la tombe et l’orgueil du philosophe, et désapothéosé il s’attira au lieu de la superstitieuse adoration de ses crédules concitoyens, l’éternelle risée de la postérité.
Et presque toujours, à proximité de la plantation, un sorcier vient s’installer, qui attire les Noirs crédules, qui leur dicte des ordres, leur vend, non seulement des gris-gris, mais des poisons, soit pour tuer le bétail, soit pour tuer les hommes.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrédules
- crdéules
- credules
- crrédules
- créddules
- crédlues
- créduels
- créduless
- crédulles
- crédulse
- créudles
- cérdules
- rcédules
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crédules - 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.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).