elfes

\ɛlf\

/\ɛlf\/ noun

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The verdict

“elfes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,734. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,734
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de elfe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-elfes · elfes · French

elfes · rank #18,734 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,734
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH effraction

Nearest frequency peer: effraction (-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 « elfes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « elfes » 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).

elfes vs els
60% similar
elfes vs elle
60% similar
elfes vs êtes
40% similar

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

Key facts for elfes
PropertyValue
Headwordelfes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛlf\
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,734
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « elfes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).elfesse 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 « effraction » (#18,733), « eli » (#18,735), « déviation » (#18,732). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « elfes » est au #18,734. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around elfes (IPA \ɛlf\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,734 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de elfe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for elfes, with forms such as "efles", "elefs", and "elfess". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "els", "elle", "êtes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct French form is elfes, spelled E-L-F-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de elfe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’est que l’imagination scandinave semble inspirée par les elfes des vieilles légendes, tant elle déprosaïse gentiment tout ce sur quoi elle se répand.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efles
  • elefs
  • elfess
  • elffes
  • elfse
  • ellfes
  • lefes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of elfes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

efles2elefs2elfess1elffes1elfse2ellfes1lefes2
Edit distance from "elfes"

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 "elfes"?
"elfes" is spelled E-L-F-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛlf\.
What does "elfes" mean?
As a noun, "elfes" means: Pluriel de elfe.
What words are commonly confused with "elfes"?
"elfes" is commonly confused with "els", "elle", "êtes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "elfes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "elfes" is \ɛlf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "elfes" come from?
"elfes" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

encor#18,736gifle#18,763clore#18,684levez#18,790

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list