figures
\fi.ɡyʁ\
The verdict
“figures” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,940. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,940
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de figure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-figures · figures · French
figures · rank #4,940 · 10 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,940
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH extraits
Nearest frequency peer: extraits (-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 « figures »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- enquêtes
enquêtes
95,064 corpus weight
- esthétique
esthétique
95,063 corpus weight
- extraits
extraits
95,062 corpus weight
- figures
figures
95,061 corpus weight
- ford
ford
95,060 corpus weight
- francophones
francophones
95,059 corpus weight
What this shows « figures » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | figures |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fi.ɡyʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « figures »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around figures (IPA \fi.ɡyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,940 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de figure.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for figures, with forms such as "ffigures", "fgiures", and "figgures". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "futures", "filtres", "figurez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is figures, spelled F-I-G-U-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de figure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how figures appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Charles-Quint avait fait écrire des Heures pour sa maîtresse dont toutes les bordures étaient ornées de figures extravagantes, peintes par Albert Dürer: c’étaient des singes qui se clystérisaient les uns les autres et commettaient entre eux mille indécences.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffigures
- fgiures
- figgures
- figrues
- figuers
- figuress
- figurres
- figurse
- fiugres
- ifgures
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of figures - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).