fédéraux

\fe.de.ʁo\

/\fe.de.ʁo\/ adj

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The verdict

“fédéraux” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,843. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,843
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-federaux · fédéraux · French

fédéraux · rank #9,843 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,843
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fréquentes

Nearest frequency peer: fréquentes (-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 « fédéraux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fédéraux » 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).

fédéraux vs fédéral
75% similar
fédéraux vs fédérale
75% similar

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

Key facts for fédéraux
PropertyValue
Headwordfédéraux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fe.de.ʁo\
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,843
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fédéraux »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fédérauxse 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 « fréquentes » (#9,842), « féliciter » (#9,844), « franchi » (#9,841). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fédéraux » est au #9,843. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around fédéraux (IPA \fe.de.ʁo\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,843 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de fédéral.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for fédéraux, with forms such as "fdééraux", "federaux", and "ffédéraux". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fédéral", "fédérale", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 fédéraux, spelled F-É-D-É-R-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de fédéral.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Or, de quoi s’agit-il actuellement : de «dépolitiser» ou, passez-moi le terme, de «désélectoraliser» les Chemins de fer fédéraux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fdééraux
  • federaux
  • ffédéraux
  • féddéraux
  • fédréaux
  • fédéarux
  • fédérauxx
  • fédéraxu
  • fédérraux
  • fédéruax
  • féédraux
  • éfdéraux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fdééraux2federaux2ffédéraux1féddéraux1fédréaux2fédéarux2fédérauxx1fédéraxu2
Edit distance from "fédéraux"

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 "fédéraux"?
"fédéraux" is spelled F-É-D-É-R-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \fe.de.ʁo\.
What does "fédéraux" mean?
As an adjective, "fédéraux" means: Masculin pluriel de fédéral.
What words are commonly confused with "fédéraux"?
"fédéraux" is commonly confused with "fédéral", "fédérale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fédéraux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fédéraux" is \fe.de.ʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fédéraux" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fraction#9,840liaisons#9,867linéaire#9,868curieuse#9,812

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Manhattan12 variantsméritait12 variantsnormales12 variantscommences12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list