distinctes
\dis.tɛ̃kt\
The verdict
“distinctes” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,488. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,488
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de distinct.
Corpus desk
Index FR-distinctes · distinctes · French
distinctes · rank #10,488 · 16 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,488
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH disciples
Nearest frequency peer: disciples (-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 « distinctes »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- devine
devine
89,516 corpus weight
- directives
directives
89,515 corpus weight
- disciples
disciples
89,514 corpus weight
- distinctes
distinctes
89,513 corpus weight
- découverts
découverts
89,512 corpus weight
- détachement
détachement
89,511 corpus weight
What this shows « distinctes » 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 | distinctes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dis.tɛ̃kt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #10,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « distinctes »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around distinctes (IPA \dis.tɛ̃kt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,488 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de distinct.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for distinctes, with forms such as "ddistinctes", "disitnctes", and "disstinctes". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "distincts", "distinctif", "distinctifs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is distinctes, spelled D-I-S-T-I-N-C-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de distinct.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how distinctes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le citoyen Tracy, mon collègue au Sénat, et mon confrère à l’Institut national, prouve, avec beaucoup de sagacité, que toute idée de corps extérieurs suppose des impressions de résistance, et que les impressions de résistance ne deviennent distinctes que par le sentiment du mouvement.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddistinctes
- disitnctes
- disstinctes
- disticntes
- distincctes
- distincets
- distinctess
- distinctse
- distincttes
- distinnctes
- distintces
- distnictes
- disttinctes
- ditsinctes
- dsitinctes
- idstinctes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of distinctes - 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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