extrémités
\ɛk.stʁe.mi.te\
The verdict
“extrémités” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,380. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,380
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de extrémité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-extremites · extrémités · French
extrémités · rank #12,380 · 16 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,380
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 201,161
- PHOTO-FINISH expéditions
Nearest frequency peer: expéditions (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “extrémités”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- excessif
excessif
87,624 corpus weight
- explosif
explosif
87,623 corpus weight
- expéditions
expéditions
87,622 corpus weight
- extrémités
extrémités
87,621 corpus weight
- facto
facto
87,620 corpus weight
- failles
failles
87,619 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “extrémités” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | extrémités |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛk.stʁe.mi.te\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #12,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “extrémités” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around extrémités (IPA \ɛk.stʁe.mi.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,380 among 201,161 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de extrémité.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for extrémités, with forms such as "etxrémités", "exrtémités", and "extremites". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "extrêmes", "extrémité", "extraites", and more, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is extrémités, spelled E-X-T-R-É-M-I-T-É-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de extrémité.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etxrémités
- exrtémités
- extremites
- extrméités
- extrrémités
- extréimtés
- extrémitsé
- extrémittés
- extrémitéss
- extrémiéts
- extrémmités
- extrémtiés
- exttrémités
- extérmités
- exxtrémités
- xetrémités
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extrémités - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "extrémités", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (16 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.