exceptionnelle
\ɛk.sɛp.sjɔ.nɛl\
The verdict
“exceptionnelle” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,130. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,130
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de exceptionnel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exceptionnelle · exceptionnelle · French
exceptionnelle · rank #5,130 · 17 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,130
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH exercices
Nearest frequency peer: exercices (+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 « exceptionnelle »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- désigner
désigner
94,874 corpus weight
- entrées
entrées
94,873 corpus weight
- exceptionne…
exceptionnelle
94,871 corpus weight
- exercices
exercices
94,870 corpus weight
- expertise
expertise
94,869 corpus weight
- fauteuil
fauteuil
94,868 corpus weight
What this shows « exceptionnelle » 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 | exceptionnelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛk.sɛp.sjɔ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #5,130 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exceptionnelle »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around exceptionnelle (IPA \ɛk.sɛp.sjɔ.nɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,130 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de exceptionnel.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for exceptionnelle, with forms such as "ecxeptionnelle", "excceptionnelle", and "excepitonnelle". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "exceptionnels", "exceptionnelles", "exceptionnel", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is exceptionnelle, spelled E-X-C-E-P-T-I-O-N-N-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de exceptionnel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how exceptionnelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il peut être intéressant de savoir que l’on rencontre des cas de dichotomie exceptionnelle; par exemple, la dichotomie est un caractère typique d’un certain groupe de Mammillaria, mais on la rencontre également en de très rares cas, chez d’autres espèces, telles que pour ne citer qu’un cas que j’ai observé : chez un spécimen de Lobivia jajoiana.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecxeptionnelle
- excceptionnelle
- excepitonnelle
- excepptionnelle
- exceptinonelle
- exceptionelle
- exceptionenlle
- exceptionnele
- exceptionnelel
- exceptionnlele
- exceptoinnelle
- excepttionnelle
- excetpionnelle
- excpetionnelle
- execptionnelle
- exxceptionnelle
- xeceptionnelle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exceptionnelle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).