directrices

/\di.ʁɛk.tʁis\/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,171

in French word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

directrices is anFrenchadj. It means: Féminin pluriel de directeur. Pronounced \di.ʁɛk.tʁis\. Often confused with directrice and directives.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of directrices in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for directrices is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \di.ʁɛk.tʁis\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,171 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin pluriel de directeur.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for directrices, with forms such as "ddirectrices", "dierctrices", and "dircetrices". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is directrices, spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-R-I-C-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de directeur.

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for directrices

Misspelling Variants of "directrices"

ddirectrices12dierctrices11dircetrices11direcctrices12direcrtices11directirces11directrcies11directricces12
Misspelling Variants of "directrices"

Frequency rank: #23,171 in French

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 adj, "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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.