différences
\di.fe.ʁɑ̃s\
The verdict
“différences” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,325. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,325
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de différence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-differences · différences · French
différences · rank #3,325 · 16 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,325
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Cousin
Nearest frequency peer: Cousin (-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 « différences »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- convaincu
convaincu
96,679 corpus weight
- conçu
conçu
96,678 corpus weight
- Cousin
Cousin
96,677 corpus weight
- différences
différences
96,676 corpus weight
- drame
drame
96,675 corpus weight
- durable
durable
96,674 corpus weight
What this shows « différences » 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 | différences |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \di.fe.ʁɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #3,325 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « différences »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around différences (IPA \di.fe.ʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,325 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de différence.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for différences, with forms such as "ddifférences", "dfiférences", and "differences". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "différents", "différente", "différends", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 différences, spelled D-I-F-F-É-R-E-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de différence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how différences appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’observation contemporaine de la famille indique une rupture dans le rapport à l’enfant : l’attention majeure qui lui est portée abrase ses différences d’avec le monde adulte, le « désenfantise ».
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddifférences
- dfiférences
- differences
- diffréences
- difféernces
- différecnes
- différencces
- différencess
- différencse
- différenecs
- différennces
- différneces
- différrences
- diféfrences
- diférences
- idfférences
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of différences - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "différences", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).