girafes

\ʒi.ʁaf\

/\ʒi.ʁaf\/ noun

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The verdict

“girafes” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,309. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,309
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-girafes · girafes · French

girafes · rank #41,309 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,309
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gifles

Nearest frequency peer: gifles (-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 « girafes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « girafes » 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).

girafes vs graves
71% similar
girafes vs grâces
57% similar
girafes vs gradés
57% similar

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

Key facts for girafes
PropertyValue
Headwordgirafes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒi.ʁaf\
Letters7
Frequency rank#41,309
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « girafes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.girafesse 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 « gifles » (#41,308), « giratoire » (#41,310), « germination » (#41,307). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « girafes » est au #41,309. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around girafes (IPA \ʒi.ʁaf\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,309 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de girafe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for girafes, with forms such as "ggirafes", "giarfes", and "giraefs". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "graves", "grâces", "gradés", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is girafes, spelled G-I-R-A-F-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de girafe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le Tchad est doté d’une faune variée : lions, rhinocéros, girafes… toute la panoplie des grands animaux, jusqu’aux gazelles et fénecs du désert en passant par tous les oiseaux migrateurs ou non.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggirafes
  • giarfes
  • giraefs
  • girafess
  • giraffes
  • girafse
  • girfaes
  • girrafes
  • griafes
  • igrafes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ggirafes1giarfes2giraefs2girafess1giraffes1girafse2girfaes2girrafes1
Edit distance from "girafes"

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 "girafes"?
"girafes" is spelled G-I-R-A-F-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒi.ʁaf\.
What does "girafes" mean?
As a noun, "girafes" means: Pluriel de girafe.
What words are commonly confused with "girafes"?
"girafes" is commonly confused with "graves", "grâces", "gradés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "girafes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "girafes" is \ʒi.ʁaf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "girafes" come from?
"girafes" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

girofle#41,311fumiers#41,301grisons#41,317frivole#41,299

Similar misspelling depth

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

garrison10 variantsFlavien10 variantsfilante10 variantsestimes10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list