éléphants
\e.le.fɑ̃\
The verdict
“éléphants” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,508. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,508
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de éléphant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elephants · éléphants · French
éléphants · rank #11,508 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,508
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH échéant
Nearest frequency peer: échéant (-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 « éléphants »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- zen
zen
88,496 corpus weight
- échéant
échéant
88,494 corpus weight
- éléphants
éléphants
88,493 corpus weight
- éprouve
éprouve
88,492 corpus weight
- équivalente
équivalente
88,491 corpus weight
- étudiantes
étudiantes
88,490 corpus weight
What this shows « éléphants » 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 | éléphants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.le.fɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #11,508 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éléphants »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around éléphants (IPA \e.le.fɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,508 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de éléphant.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for éléphants, with forms such as "elephants", "lééphants", and "élléphants". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "éléphant", "élégants", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is éléphants, spelled É-L-É-P-H-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de éléphant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how éléphants appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comment s’étonner alors que cela favorise les influences les plus néfastes, les comportements crypto-mafieux et nourrit les « éléphants » qui ont tendance à virer au « blanc » !
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elephants
- lééphants
- élléphants
- élpéhants
- éléhpants
- élépahnts
- éléphannts
- éléphanst
- éléphantss
- éléphantts
- éléphatns
- éléphhants
- éléphnats
- élépphants
- éélphants
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of éléphants - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "éléphants", 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 (15 here; floor ≥5).