gorilles
\ɡɔ.ʁij\
The verdict
“gorilles” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,826. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,826
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de gorille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gorilles · gorilles · French
gorilles · rank #27,826 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,826
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Georg
Nearest frequency peer: Georg (-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 « gorilles »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Garibaldi
Garibaldi
72,178 corpus weight
- Georg
Georg
72,176 corpus weight
- gorilles
gorilles
72,175 corpus weight
- Gs
Gs
72,173 corpus weight
- guirlandes
guirlandes
72,172 corpus weight
- guêpes
guêpes
72,171 corpus weight
What this shows « gorilles » 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 | gorilles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡɔ.ʁij\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gorilles »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around gorilles (IPA \ɡɔ.ʁij\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,826 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de gorille.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gorilles, with forms such as "ggorilles", "goirlles", and "gorilels". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Grille", "griller", "grilles", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gorilles, spelled G-O-R-I-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de gorille.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggorilles
- goirlles
- gorilels
- goriles
- gorilless
- gorillse
- gorliles
- gorrilles
- groilles
- ogrilles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gorilles - 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.
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 (10 here; floor ≥5).