globules
\ɡlɔ.byl\
The verdict
“globules” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,282. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,282
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de globule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-globules · globules · French
globules · rank #22,282 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,282
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Gibraltar
Nearest frequency peer: Gibraltar (-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 « globules »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- galant
galant
77,722 corpus weight
- Gibraltar
Gibraltar
77,720 corpus weight
- globules
globules
77,719 corpus weight
- gnu
gnu
77,718 corpus weight
- Gotham
Gotham
77,717 corpus weight
- gouvernent
gouvernent
77,716 corpus weight
What this shows « globules » 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 | globules |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡlɔ.byl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « globules »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around globules (IPA \ɡlɔ.byl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,282 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de globule.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for globules, with forms such as "gglobules", "glboules", and "gllobules". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "globes", "globale", "globales", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is globules, spelled G-L-O-B-U-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de globule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how globules appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lorsqu’on examine des coupes minces dans l’alcool ou l’éther, on voit d’abord les globules d’éléagnine se vacuolariser, puis se fragmenter au bout de quelques heures en globules plus petits; en faisant agir l’acide acétique ou l’ammoniaque, la dissolution s’effectue progressivement de la périphérie vers le centre avec rapidité et les contenus cellulaires…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gglobules
- glboules
- gllobules
- globbules
- globlues
- globuels
- globuless
- globulles
- globulse
- gloubles
- golbules
- lgobules
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of globules - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).