fédéral

\fe.de.ʁal\

/\fe.de.ʁal\/ adj

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The verdict

“fédéral” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,617. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,617
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport à une fédération d’États ou à une fédération de plusieurs sociétés visant un but commun.

Corpus desk

Index FR-federal · fédéral · French

fédéral · rank #2,617 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,617
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH foule

Nearest frequency peer: foule (-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 « fédéral »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fédéral » 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).

fédéral vs fêtera
43% similar
fédéral vs fedora
57% similar
fédéral vs fédérer
71% similar

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

Key facts for fédéral
PropertyValue
Headwordfédéral
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fe.de.ʁal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,617
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fédéral »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fédéralse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « foule » (#2,616), « fixe » (#2,615), « Grèce » (#2,619). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fédéral » est au #2,617. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around fédéral (IPA \fe.de.ʁal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,617 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fédéral, with forms such as "fdééral", "federal", and "ffédéral". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "fêtera", "fedora", "fédérer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 fédéral, spelled F-É-D-É-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a rapport à une fédération d’États ou à une fédération de plusieurs sociétés visant un but commun.
  2. 2
    Qui a rapport à la fédération canadienne.
  3. 3
    Qui a rapport avec la Suisse en tant que fédération. — Note. En ce sens, il s’oppose à cantonal et communal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Gouvernement fédéral.
  2. Système fédéral.

This word in other languages

federal(English)federal(Español)federal(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fdééral
  • federal
  • ffédéral
  • féddéral
  • fédréal
  • fédéarl
  • fédérall
  • fédérla
  • fédérral
  • féédral
  • éfdéral

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fdééral2federal2ffédéral1féddéral1fédréal2fédéarl2fédérall1fédérla2
Edit distance from "fédéral"

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 "fédéral"?
"fédéral" is spelled F-É-D-É-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \fe.de.ʁal\.
What does "fédéral" mean?
As an adjective, "fédéral" means: Qui a rapport à une fédération d’États ou à une fédération de plusieurs sociétés visant un but commun.
What words are commonly confused with "fédéral"?
"fédéral" is commonly confused with "fêtera", "fedora", "fédérer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fédéral"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fédéral" is \fe.de.ʁal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fédéral" come from?
"fédéral" 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 "fédéral", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

extrait#2,613immense#2,622inverse#2,625automne#2,608

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

évident11 variantsmaladies11 variantssimples11 variantsrentrée11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list