extérieure
\ɛk.stɛ.ʁjœʁ\
The verdict
“extérieure” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,037. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,037
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de extérieur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exterieure · extérieure · French
extérieure · rank #5,037 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,037
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH expansion
Nearest frequency peer: expansion (-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 « extérieure »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- espoirs
espoirs
94,967 corpus weight
- espérons
espérons
94,966 corpus weight
- expansion
expansion
94,965 corpus weight
- extérieure
extérieure
94,964 corpus weight
- facilité
facilité
94,963 corpus weight
- finis
finis
94,962 corpus weight
What this shows « extérieure » 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 | extérieure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛk.stɛ.ʁjœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #5,037 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « extérieure »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around extérieure (IPA \ɛk.stɛ.ʁjœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,037 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de extérieur.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for extérieure, with forms such as "etxérieure", "exterieure", and "extréieure". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "extérieurs", "extérieures", "extérieur", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is extérieure, spelled E-X-T-É-R-I-E-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de extérieur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how extérieure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les planches de liège subissent, avant d’être livrées au commerce, une préparation qui a pour but de les débarrasser de leur croûte extérieure. On appelle cela démérer.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etxérieure
- exterieure
- extréieure
- exttérieure
- extéireure
- extéreiure
- extérierue
- extérieuer
- extérieurre
- extériuere
- extérrieure
- exxtérieure
- exétrieure
- xetérieure
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extérieure - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).