idole
\i.dɔl\
The verdict
“idole” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,070. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,070
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Figure, statue représentant une divinité qui fait l'objet d'une adoration religieuse, précisément, une idolâtrie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-idole · idole · French
idole · rank #11,070 · 6 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,070
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH Hérault
Nearest frequency peer: Hérault (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “idole”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Hugues
Hugues
88,934 corpus weight
- hébreu
hébreu
88,933 corpus weight
- Hérault
Hérault
88,932 corpus weight
- idole
idole
88,931 corpus weight
- ignorant
ignorant
88,930 corpus weight
- impératif
impératif
88,929 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “idole” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | idole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.dɔl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,070 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “idole” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around idole (IPA \i.dɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,070 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for idole, with forms such as "diole", "iddole", and "idloe". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "ile", "isle", "isolé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is idole, spelled I-D-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Figure, statue représentant une divinité qui fait l'objet d'une adoration religieuse, précisément, une idolâtrie.
- 2Divinité que sa statue représente.
- 3Personne adulée, riche, puissante, etc, à qui on prodigue les honneurs, les louanges.
- 4Ce qui fait le sujet de l’affection, de la passion de quelqu’un.
- 5Se dit d’une personne qui se tient à ne rien faire, passive comme une statue.
- 6Ampullaire, coquille univalve, aussi connue sous le nom de dieu manitou ou manitou, mollusque gastéropode d’eau douce (Pomacea urceus, anciennement Ampullarius urceus).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how idole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une idole de pierre, de bois.
Les prêtres des idoles.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- diole
- iddole
- idloe
- idoel
- idolle
- iodle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of idole - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "idole", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "idole". Here's where to go from here.
- "idole" maps to 16 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ile". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,070 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.