héritages

\e.ʁi.taʒ\

/\e.ʁi.taʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“héritages” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,208. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,208
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-heritages · héritages · French

héritages · rank #30,208 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,208
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hypothécaires

Nearest frequency peer: hypothécaires (-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 « héritages »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « héritages » 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).

héritages vs héritées
78% similar
héritages vs hermitage
67% similar
héritages vs heritage
78% similar

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

Key facts for héritages
PropertyValue
Headwordhéritages
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ʁi.taʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#30,208
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « héritages »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).héritagesse 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 « hypothécaires » (#30,207), « héritée » (#30,209), « hume » (#30,206). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « héritages » est au #30,208. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around héritages (IPA \e.ʁi.taʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,208 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de héritage.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for héritages, with forms such as "heritages", "hhéritages", and "hréitages". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "héritées", "hermitage", "heritage", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is héritages, spelled H-É-R-I-T-A-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de héritage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le droit de clorre et de déclorre ses héritages, résulte essentiellement de celui de propriété, et ne peut être contesté à aucun propriétaire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • heritages
  • hhéritages
  • hréitages
  • héirtages
  • hériatges
  • héritaegs
  • héritagess
  • héritagges
  • héritagse
  • héritgaes
  • hérittages
  • hérritages
  • hértiages
  • éhritages

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of héritages - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

heritages1hhéritages1hréitages2héirtages2hériatges2héritaegs2héritagess1héritagges1
Edit distance from "héritages"

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 "héritages"?
"héritages" is spelled H-É-R-I-T-A-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʁi.taʒ\.
What does "héritages" mean?
As a noun, "héritages" means: Pluriel de héritage.
What words are commonly confused with "héritages"?
"héritages" is commonly confused with "héritées", "hermitage", "heritage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "héritages"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "héritages" is \e.ʁi.taʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "héritages" come from?
"héritages" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hôteliers#30,210gracieuse#30,186jeannette#30,230gouttière#30,185

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

justifiait14 variantskidnapping14 variantsfantassins14 variantsexécutifs14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list