girl
\ɡœʁl\
The verdict
“girl” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,491. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,491
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeune danseuse de revue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-girl · girl · French
girl · rank #4,491 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,491
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH genres
Nearest frequency peer: genres (-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 « girl »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- exposé
exposé
95,513 corpus weight
- fesses
fesses
95,512 corpus weight
- genres
genres
95,511 corpus weight
- girl
girl
95,510 corpus weight
- gosse
gosse
95,509 corpus weight
- graphique
graphique
95,508 corpus weight
What this shows « girl » 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 | girl |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡœʁl\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #4,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « girl »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around girl (IPA \ɡœʁl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,491 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for girl, with forms such as "ggirl", "gilr", and "girll". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GR", "gl", "gré", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is girl, spelled G-I-R-L.
Definition
- 1Jeune danseuse de revue.
- 2Nom donné aux actrices des débuts du cinéma, celles-ci n’étant pas créditées au générique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how girl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ensuite quatre girls anglaises, des sisters quelconques, vinrent danser un pas de gigue, compliqué de cake-walk et de matchiche.
Je veux passer avant tes girls, expliquait-il au régisseur. Arrange-toi pour ne pas me faire poireauter. Avec elles, on n'en finit plus.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggirl
- gilr
- girll
- girrl
- igrl
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of girl - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "girl", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).