haltères

\al.tɛʁ\

/\al.tɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“haltères” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,369. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,369
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-halteres · haltères · French

haltères · rank #47,369 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,369
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH géothermique

Nearest frequency peer: géothermique (-2 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 « haltères »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « haltères » 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).

haltères vs haltes
75% similar
haltères vs haters
63% similar

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

Key facts for haltères
PropertyValue
Headwordhaltères
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\al.tɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#47,369
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « haltères »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).haltèresse 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 « géothermique » (#47,367), « harcelés » (#47,371), « génocidaire » (#47,366). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « haltères » est au #47,369. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around haltères (IPA \al.tɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,369 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de haltère.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for haltères, with forms such as "ahltères", "halltères", and "halteres". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "haltes", "haters", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is haltères, spelled H-A-L-T-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de haltère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Certains critiques, qui ne se rendent au spectacle que pour faire des poids et haltères, ont salué d’une moue un rien dédaignarde ce divertissement.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahltères
  • halltères
  • halteres
  • haltrèes
  • halttères
  • haltèers
  • haltèress
  • haltèrres
  • haltèrse
  • halètres
  • hatlères
  • hhaltères
  • hlatères

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of haltères - 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.

ahltères2halltères1halteres1haltrèes2halttères1haltèers2haltèress1haltèrres1
Edit distance from "haltères"

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 "haltères"?
"haltères" is spelled H-A-L-T-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \al.tɛʁ\.
What does "haltères" mean?
As a noun, "haltères" means: Pluriel de haltère.
What words are commonly confused with "haltères"?
"haltères" is commonly confused with "haltes", "haters". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "haltères"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "haltères" is \al.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "haltères" come from?
"haltères" 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 "haltères", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

harcelés#47,371hilarité#47,374hipsters#47,376grenache#47,361

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Guernesey13 variantsilluminent13 variantsfatigante13 variantsionisation13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list