françaises

\fʁɑ̃.sɛz\

/\fʁɑ̃.sɛz\/ adj

The verdict

“françaises” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,662. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,662
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-francaises · françaises · French

françaises · rank #1,662 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,662
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH exercice

Nearest frequency peer: exercice (-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 « françaises »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « françaises » 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).

françaises vs franchise
70% similar
françaises vs Françoise
70% similar
françaises vs franchises
80% similar

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

Key facts for françaises
PropertyValue
Headwordfrançaises
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fʁɑ̃.sɛz\
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,662
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « françaises »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « exercice » (#1,661), « institut » (#1,663), « défendre » (#1,660). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « françaises » est au #1,662. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around françaises (IPA \fʁɑ̃.sɛz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,662 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de français.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for françaises, with forms such as "farnçaises", "ffrançaises", and "franaçises". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "franchise", "Françoise", "franchises", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is françaises, spelled F-R-A-N-Ç-A-I-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de français.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et il l’a bigornée au moyen d’un pétard crachant des pastilles françaises.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • farnçaises
  • ffrançaises
  • franaçises
  • francaises
  • frannçaises
  • françaiess
  • françaisess
  • françaisses
  • françasies
  • françiases
  • fraçnaises
  • frnaçaises
  • frrançaises
  • rfançaises

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

farnçaises2ffrançaises1franaçises2francaises1frannçaises1françaiess2françaisess1françaisses1
Edit distance from "françaises"

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 "françaises"?
"françaises" is spelled F-R-A-N-Ç-A-I-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁɑ̃.sɛz\.
What does "françaises" mean?
As an adjective, "françaises" means: Féminin pluriel de français.
What words are commonly confused with "françaises"?
"françaises" is commonly confused with "franchise", "Françoise", "franchises". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "françaises"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "françaises" is \fʁɑ̃.sɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "françaises" come from?
"françaises" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 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