extérieurs

\ɛk.stɛ.ʁjœʁ\

/\ɛk.stɛ.ʁjœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“extérieurs” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,824. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,824
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de extérieur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exterieurs · extérieurs · French

extérieurs · rank #6,824 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,824
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exacte

Nearest frequency peer: exacte (-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 « extérieurs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « extérieurs » 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).

extérieurs vs extérieur
90% similar
extérieurs vs extérieure
90% similar
extérieurs vs extérieures
91% similar

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

Key facts for extérieurs
PropertyValue
Headwordextérieurs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛk.stɛ.ʁjœʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,824
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « extérieurs »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).extérieursse 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 « exacte » (#6,823), « fantôme » (#6,825), « eva » (#6,822). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « extérieurs » est au #6,824. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around extérieurs (IPA \ɛk.stɛ.ʁjœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,824 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de extérieur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for extérieurs, with forms such as "etxérieurs", "exterieurs", and "extréieurs". 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, "extérieur", "extérieure", "extérieures", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is extérieurs, spelled E-X-T-É-R-I-E-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de extérieur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le citoyen Tracy, mon collègue au Sénat, et mon confrère à l’Institut national, prouve, avec beaucoup de sagacité, que toute idée de corps extérieurs suppose des impressions de résistance, et que les impressions de résistance ne deviennent distinctes que par le sentiment du mouvement.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etxérieurs
  • exterieurs
  • extréieurs
  • exttérieurs
  • extéireurs
  • extéreiurs
  • extérierus
  • extérieurrs
  • extérieurss
  • extérieusr
  • extériuers
  • extérrieurs
  • exxtérieurs
  • exétrieurs
  • xetérieurs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extérieurs - 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.

etxérieurs2exterieurs1extréieurs2exttérieurs1extéireurs2extéreiurs2extérierus2extérieurrs1
Edit distance from "extérieurs"

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 "extérieurs"?
"extérieurs" is spelled E-X-T-É-R-I-E-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.stɛ.ʁjœʁ\.
What does "extérieurs" mean?
As an adjective, "extérieurs" means: Masculin pluriel de extérieur.
What words are commonly confused with "extérieurs"?
"extérieurs" is commonly confused with "extérieur", "extérieure", "extérieures". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "extérieurs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "extérieurs" is \ɛk.stɛ.ʁjœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "extérieurs" come from?
"extérieurs" 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 "extérieurs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

impatience#6,835constituée#6,801marguerite#6,848municipaux#6,853

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

marchands15 variantsrecherché15 variantssemblerait15 variantsrégulation15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list