dauphins
\do.fɛ̃\
The verdict
“dauphins” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,442. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,442
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de dauphin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dauphins · dauphins · French
dauphins · rank #14,442 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,442
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH cylindre
Nearest frequency peer: cylindre (-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 « dauphins »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- crépuscule
crépuscule
85,562 corpus weight
- curieusement
curieusement
85,561 corpus weight
- cylindre
cylindre
85,560 corpus weight
- dauphins
dauphins
85,559 corpus weight
- deep
deep
85,558 corpus weight
- della
della
85,557 corpus weight
What this shows « dauphins » 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 | dauphins |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \do.fɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dauphins »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around dauphins (IPA \do.fɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,442 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de dauphin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dauphins, with forms such as "aduphins", "dapuhins", and "dauhpins". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "dauphin", "dauphine", "dauphinois", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dauphins, spelled D-A-U-P-H-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de dauphin.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aduphins
- dapuhins
- dauhpins
- dauphhins
- dauphinns
- dauphinss
- dauphisn
- dauphnis
- daupihns
- daupphins
- ddauphins
- duaphins
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dauphins - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dauphins", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (12 here; floor ≥5).