éditorial

\e.di.tɔ.ʁjal\

/\e.di.tɔ.ʁjal\/ adj

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The verdict

“éditorial” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,720. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,720
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En rapport avec le contenu d’un journal papier, télévisé, radiophonique, d’un site web.

Corpus desk

Index FR-editorial · éditorial · French

éditorial · rank #13,720 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,720
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH équitation

Nearest frequency peer: équitation (+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 « éditorial »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « éditorial » 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).

éditorial vs éditoriale
90% similar
éditorial vs éditoriaux
80% similar
éditorial vs éditoriales
82% similar

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

Key facts for éditorial
PropertyValue
Headwordéditorial
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.di.tɔ.ʁjal\
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,720
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éditorial »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « équitation » (#13,721), « accomplissement » (#13,722), « Warner » (#13,717). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « éditorial » est au #13,720. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around éditorial (IPA \e.di.tɔ.ʁjal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,720 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "En rapport avec le contenu d’un journal papier, télévisé, radiophonique, d’un site web.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for éditorial, with forms such as "déitorial", "editorial", and "édditorial". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "éditoriale", "éditoriaux", "éditoriales", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is éditorial, spelled É-D-I-T-O-R-I-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    En rapport avec le contenu d’un journal papier, télévisé, radiophonique, d’un site web.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En matière journalistique, l’éditorial constitue une tribune d’opinions qui reflète la position, les convictions ou l'orientation générale de l’équipe éditoriale, quant aux questions qui y sont traitées.
  2. Les mentions légales d’un site Web doivent préciser le responsable éditorial ou directeur de publication dudit site.

This word in other languages

publishing(English)Leitartikel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • déitorial
  • editorial
  • édditorial
  • édiotrial
  • éditoiral
  • éditorail
  • éditoriall
  • éditorila
  • éditorrial
  • éditroial
  • édittorial
  • édtiorial
  • éidtorial

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

déitorial2editorial1édditorial1édiotrial2éditoiral2éditorail2éditoriall1éditorila2
Edit distance from "éditorial"

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 "éditorial"?
"éditorial" is spelled É-D-I-T-O-R-I-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \e.di.tɔ.ʁjal\.
What does "éditorial" mean?
As an adjective, "éditorial" means: En rapport avec le contenu d’un journal papier, télévisé, radiophonique, d’un site web.
What words are commonly confused with "éditorial"?
"éditorial" is commonly confused with "éditoriale", "éditoriaux", "éditoriales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "éditorial"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éditorial" is \e.di.tɔ.ʁjal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éditorial" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

sporting13 variantscommencera13 variantsromancier13 variantscourtoisie13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list