cylindres
\si.lɛ̃dʁ\
The verdict
“cylindres” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,481. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,481
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de cylindre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cylindres · cylindres · French
cylindres · rank #10,481 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,481
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cultes
Nearest frequency peer: cultes (-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 « cylindres »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- cracher
cracher
89,523 corpus weight
- craintes
craintes
89,522 corpus weight
- cultes
cultes
89,521 corpus weight
- cylindres
cylindres
89,520 corpus weight
- daily
daily
89,519 corpus weight
- demeurer
demeurer
89,518 corpus weight
What this shows « cylindres » 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 | cylindres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.lɛ̃dʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cylindres »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around cylindres (IPA \si.lɛ̃dʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,481 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de cylindre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for cylindres, with forms such as "ccylindres", "clyindres", and "cyilndres". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cylindre", "cylindrée", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cylindres, spelled C-Y-L-I-N-D-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de cylindre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cylindres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une fois bien ramollies, les aiguilles sont jetées dans des cylindres où elles sont aplaties; en en sortant, elles passent dans d’autres cylindres armés de pointes d’acier et très rapprochés, où elles sont défilées puis désaglutinées.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccylindres
- clyindres
- cyilndres
- cylidnres
- cylinddres
- cylinders
- cylindress
- cylindrres
- cylindrse
- cylinndres
- cylinrdes
- cyllindres
- cylnidres
- cyylindres
- yclindres
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cylindres - 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.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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