fédérales

\fe.de.ʁal\

/\fe.de.ʁal\/ adj

The verdict

“fédérales” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,777. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,777
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-federales · fédérales · French

fédérales · rank #11,777 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,777
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fumeurs

Nearest frequency peer: fumeurs (-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 « fédérales »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fédérales » 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).

fédérales vs fédérés
67% similar
fédérales vs fédéral
78% similar
fédérales vs fédérale
89% similar

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

Key facts for fédérales
PropertyValue
Headwordfédérales
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fe.de.ʁal\
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,777
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fédérales »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fédéralesse 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 « fumeurs » (#11,776), « Gabrielle » (#11,778), « froides » (#11,775). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fédérales » est au #11,777. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around fédérales (IPA \fe.de.ʁal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,777 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de fédéral.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for fédérales, with forms such as "fdéérales", "federales", and "ffédérales". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "fédérés", "fédéral", "fédérale", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fédérales, spelled F-É-D-É-R-A-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de fédéral.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La Prusse ne veut pas que le contingent fédéral autrichien fasse partie du corps d’observation, elle veut disposer à son gré des forces fédérales ; elle veut nous déconfédérer (entbünden), disait l’Autriche.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fdéérales
  • federales
  • ffédérales
  • féddérales
  • fédréales
  • fédéarles
  • fédéraels
  • fédéraless
  • fédéralles
  • fédéralse
  • fédérlaes
  • fédérrales
  • féédrales
  • éfdérales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fédérales - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

fdéérales2federales2ffédérales1féddérales1fédréales2fédéarles2fédéraels2fédéraless1
Edit distance from "fédérales"

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 "fédérales"?
"fédérales" is spelled F-É-D-É-R-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fe.de.ʁal\.
What does "fédérales" mean?
As an adjective, "fédérales" means: Féminin pluriel de fédéral.
What words are commonly confused with "fédérales"?
"fédérales" is commonly confused with "fédérés", "fédéral", "fédérale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fédérales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fédérales" 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 "fédérales" come from?
"fédérales" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list