estivale

Name: estivale, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɛs.ti.val\

/\ɛs.ti.val\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“estivale” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,965. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,965
frequency rank, French: 3,255
“E” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de estival.

Corpus desk

Index FR-estivale · estivale · French

estivale · rank #12,965 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #12,965
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 3,255
PHOTO-FINISH entraînent

Nearest frequency peer: entraînent (-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.

engouement

87,039
enseignante

87,038
entraînent

87,037
estivale

87,036
exercent

87,035
favorisant

87,034

What this shows « estivale » 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).

estivale vs estivales

89% similar

estivale vs estival

88% similar

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

Key facts for estivale
Property	Value
Headword	estivale
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\ɛs.ti.val\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#12,965
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « estivale »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).estivalese place ici:

#12,965

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « entraînent » (#12,964), « exercent » (#12,966), « enseignante » (#12,963). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « estivale » est au #12,965. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around estivale (IPA \ɛs.ti.val\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,965 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de estival.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for estivale, with forms such as "esitvale", "esstivale", and "estiavle". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "estivales", "estival", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is estivale, spelled E-S-T-I-V-A-L-E.

Definition

1
Féminin singulier de estival.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Comme chaque année en début de saison estivale, de nombreux effectifs, de gendarmerie, maîtres-nageurs sauveteurs, sapeurs-pompiers, agents techniques et contractuels, viennent renforcer les services de la mairie michelaise.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

esitvale
esstivale
estiavle
estivael
estivalle
estivlae
estivvale
esttivale
estviale
etsivale
setivale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "estivale"

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 "estivale"?

"estivale" is spelled E-S-T-I-V-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.ti.val\.

What does "estivale" mean?

As an adjective, "estivale" means: Féminin singulier de estival.

What words are commonly confused with "estivale"?

"estivale" is commonly confused with "estivales", "estival". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "estivale"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estivale" is \ɛs.ti.val\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "estivale" come from?

"estivale" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

exercent#12,966 enfoirés#12,961 effondre#12,960 Gatineau#12,971

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

fondées11 variants livrent11 variants cerveaux11 variants menacés11 variants