informel
\ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛl\
The verdict
“informel” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,900
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désigne une forme de peinture non figurative.
Corpus desk
Index FR-informel · informel · French
informel · rank #22,900 · 12 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,900
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH indécent
Nearest frequency peer: indécent (-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 « informel »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- incontrôlab…
incontrôlable
77,104 corpus weight
- indisponible
indisponible
77,103 corpus weight
- indécent
indécent
77,102 corpus weight
- informel
informel
77,101 corpus weight
- insignes
insignes
77,100 corpus weight
- insolence
insolence
77,099 corpus weight
What this shows « informel » 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 | informel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « informel »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around informel (IPA \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,900 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for informel, with forms such as "ifnormel", "infformel", and "infomrel". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "informer", "informés", "informez", and more, 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is informel, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-E-L.
Definition
- 1Désigne une forme de peinture non figurative.
- 2Réalisé de façon spontanée, sans caractère officiel, sans règles préétablies.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how informel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un art informel.
Gorbatchev y affirme bien que l’élargissement de l’OTAN constituerait une trahison de ce qu’était selon lui «l’esprit» des discussions de l’époque, mais réaffirme qu’aucun engagement formel n’avait été pris. Les Russes continuent d’affirmer que les Occidentaux auraient néanmoins offert des garanties informelles. Une théorie qui a l’avantage d'être par nat…
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ifnormel
- infformel
- infomrel
- inforeml
- informell
- informle
- informmel
- inforrmel
- infromel
- innformel
- inofrmel
- niformel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of informel - 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).