idoles

\i.dɔl\

/\i.dɔl\/ noun

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The verdict

“idoles” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,647. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,647
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-idoles · idoles · French

idoles · rank #15,647 · 8 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,647
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH hémorragie

Nearest frequency peer: hémorragie (-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 « idoles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « idoles » 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).

idoles vs iles
67% similar
idoles vs isolé
50% similar
idoles vs isles
67% similar

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

Key facts for idoles
PropertyValue
Headwordidoles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.dɔl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,647
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « idoles »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).idolesse 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 « hémorragie » (#15,646), « idéologiques » (#15,648), « hunt » (#15,645). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « idoles » est au #15,647. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around idoles (IPA \i.dɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,647 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de idole.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for idoles, with forms such as "dioles", "iddoles", and "idloes". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "iles", "isolé", "isles", and more, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is idoles, spelled I-D-O-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de idole.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Non seulement il habillait une de mes idoles de préadolescente (Madonna), non seulement il réussissait à hyper-féminiser les femmes tout en les rendant puissantes (voir le corset avec les bonnets en métal), mais en plus il troublait les codes de genre, mettant des jupes aux hommes et valorisant des figures viriles gays.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dioles
  • iddoles
  • idloes
  • idoels
  • idoless
  • idolles
  • idolse
  • iodles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

dioles2iddoles1idloes2idoels2idoless1idolles1idolse2iodles2
Edit distance from "idoles"

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 "idoles"?
"idoles" is spelled I-D-O-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \i.dɔl\.
What does "idoles" mean?
As a noun, "idoles" means: Pluriel de idole.
What words are commonly confused with "idoles"?
"idoles" is commonly confused with "iles", "isolé", "isles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "idoles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "idoles" is \i.dɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "idoles" come from?
"idoles" 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 "idoles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list