fleuves

\flœv\

/\flœv\/ noun

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The verdict

“fleuves” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,631. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,631
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-fleuves · fleuves · French

fleuves · rank #15,631 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,631
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH firmes

Nearest frequency peer: firmes (-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 « fleuves »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fleuves » 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).

fleuves vs fèves
57% similar
fleuves vs fleurs
71% similar
fleuves vs fleuve
86% similar

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

Key facts for fleuves
PropertyValue
Headwordfleuves
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\flœv\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,631
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fleuves »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fleuvesse 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 « firmes » (#15,630), « flottant » (#15,632), « formées » (#15,633). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fleuves » est au #15,631. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around fleuves (IPA \flœv\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,631 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de fleuve.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fleuves, with forms such as "feluves", "ffleuves", and "fleuevs". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "fèves", "fleurs", "fleuve", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fleuves, spelled F-L-E-U-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de fleuve.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les zones construites sur les anciens deltas des fleuves côtiers sont déjà celles qui subissent le plus le recul du trait de côte, la côte tendant à se rectilinéariser, en gommant complètement les dernières aspérités.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • feluves
  • ffleuves
  • fleuevs
  • fleuvess
  • fleuvse
  • fleuvves
  • flevues
  • flleuves
  • flueves
  • lfeuves

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

feluves2ffleuves1fleuevs2fleuvess1fleuvse2fleuvves1flevues2flleuves1
Edit distance from "fleuves"

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 "fleuves"?
"fleuves" is spelled F-L-E-U-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \flœv\.
What does "fleuves" mean?
As a noun, "fleuves" means: Pluriel de fleuve.
What words are commonly confused with "fleuves"?
"fleuves" is commonly confused with "fèves", "fleurs", "fleuve". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fleuves"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fleuves" is \flœv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fleuves" come from?
"fleuves" 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 "fleuves", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

formées#15,633ferveur#15,628fossile#15,634Hainaut#15,640

Similar misspelling depth

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

enferme10 variantsemmerder10 variantsdétenue10 variantscrétin10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list