falaises

\fa.lɛz\

/\fa.lɛz\/ noun

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The verdict

“falaises” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,133
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de falaise.

Corpus desk

Index FR-falaises · falaises · French

falaises · rank #17,133 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,133
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH evil

Nearest frequency peer: evil (-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 « falaises »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « falaises » 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).

falaises vs fraises
75% similar
falaises vs falaise
88% similar

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

Key facts for falaises
PropertyValue
Headwordfalaises
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fa.lɛz\
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,133
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « falaises »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.falaisesse place ici:

#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 « evil » (#17,132), « fed » (#17,134), « Ethan » (#17,131). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « falaises » est au #17,133. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around falaises (IPA \fa.lɛz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,133 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de falaise.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for falaises, with forms such as "aflaises", "faalises", and "falaiess". 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, "fraises", "falaise", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is falaises, spelled F-A-L-A-I-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de falaise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dyrholar est une toute petite ville qui se blottit entre les falaises, au sud de l’Islande.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aflaises
  • faalises
  • falaiess
  • falaisess
  • falaisses
  • falasies
  • faliases
  • fallaises
  • ffalaises
  • flaaises

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of falaises - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aflaises2faalises2falaiess2falaisess1falaisses1falasies2faliases2fallaises1
Edit distance from "falaises"

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 "falaises"?
"falaises" is spelled F-A-L-A-I-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.lɛz\.
What does "falaises" mean?
As a noun, "falaises" means: Pluriel de falaise.
What words are commonly confused with "falaises"?
"falaises" is commonly confused with "fraises", "falaise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "falaises"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "falaises" is \fa.lɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "falaises" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fictions#17,135essayais#17,128escadron#17,127dérision#17,121

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Fréjus10 variantsGalilée10 variantsdonneurs10 variantsDiderot10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list