électoral
\e.lɛk.tɔ.ʁal\
The verdict
“électoral” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,719
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux élections.
Corpus desk
Index FR-electoral · électoral · French
électoral · rank #5,719 · 14 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,719
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH Égypte
Nearest frequency peer: Égypte (-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 « électoral »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Williams
Williams
94,285 corpus weight
- écoutez
écoutez
94,284 corpus weight
- Égypte
Égypte
94,283 corpus weight
- électoral
électoral
94,282 corpus weight
- 1ère
1ère
94,281 corpus weight
- 2ème
2ème
94,280 corpus weight
What this shows « électoral » 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 | électoral |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.lɛk.tɔ.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « électoral »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around électoral (IPA \e.lɛk.tɔ.ʁal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,719 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for électoral, with forms such as "electoral", "léectoral", and "éelctoral". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "électorat", "électorale", "électoraux", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is électoral, spelled É-L-E-C-T-O-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux élections.
- 2Qui a rapport aux électeurs, composé d’électeurs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how électoral appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et il faut que notre expérience s'incline devant les idées préconçues et les principes d'un tas de crétins, envoyés à la Chambre parce qu'ils ont bien déliré pendant les trois semaines d'une période électorale dans les arrière-salles de café.
Chez les écolos, l'erreur de distribution n'est pas un accident électoral, c'est une seconde nature. Cette maladresse congénitale finirait par les rendre sympathiques […].
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- electoral
- léectoral
- éelctoral
- élcetoral
- élecctoral
- élecotral
- électoarl
- électorall
- électorla
- électorral
- électroal
- électtoral
- életcoral
- éllectoral
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of électoral - 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.
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 "électoral"?
What does "électoral" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "électoral"?
How do you pronounce "électoral"?
What language does "électoral" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "électoral", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).