directrices

\di.ʁɛk.tʁis\

/\di.ʁɛk.tʁis\/ adj

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The verdict

“directrices” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,171. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,171
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de directeur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-directrices · directrices · French

directrices · rank #23,171 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,171
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dicton

Nearest frequency peer: dicton (-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 « directrices »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « directrices » 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).

directrices vs directrice
91% similar
directrices vs directives
82% similar

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

Key facts for directrices
PropertyValue
Headworddirectrices
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\di.ʁɛk.tʁis\
Letters11
Frequency rank#23,171
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « directrices »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.directricesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dicton » (#23,170), « discutée » (#23,172), « devants » (#23,169). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « directrices » est au #23,171. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around directrices (IPA \di.ʁɛk.tʁis\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,171 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de directeur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for directrices, with forms such as "ddirectrices", "dierctrices", and "dircetrices". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "directrice", "directives", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented 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 directrices, spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-R-I-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de directeur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La loi italienne no 81 du 16 février 1987 dite loi de délégation pour le futur Code de procédure pénale est faite de lignes directrices dont plusieurs ont pour objet de rapidifier la procédure 1871.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddirectrices
  • dierctrices
  • dircetrices
  • direcctrices
  • direcrtices
  • directirces
  • directrcies
  • directricces
  • directricess
  • directricse
  • directriecs
  • directrrices
  • directtrices
  • diretcrices
  • dirrectrices
  • driectrices
  • idrectrices

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddirectrices1dierctrices2dircetrices2direcctrices1direcrtices2directirces2directrcies2directricces1
Edit distance from "directrices"

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 "directrices"?
"directrices" is spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-R-I-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ʁɛk.tʁis\.
What does "directrices" mean?
As an adjective, "directrices" means: Féminin pluriel de directeur.
What words are commonly confused with "directrices"?
"directrices" is commonly confused with "directrice", "directives". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "directrices"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "directrices" is \di.ʁɛk.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "directrices" come from?
"directrices" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "directrices", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

diversifiée#23,174dépendantes#23,188dépositaire#23,190germaniques#23,222

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

concurrentes17 variantshomologation17 variantsinjonctions17 variantsmitrailleuses17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list