journalistes

\ʒuʁ.na.list\

/\ʒuʁ.na.list\/ noun

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The verdict

“journalistes” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,922. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,922
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-journalistes · journalistes · French

journalistes · rank #1,922 · 18 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,922
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH issue

Nearest frequency peer: issue (-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 « journalistes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « journalistes » 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).

journalistes vs journaliste
92% similar
journalistes vs journalisme
83% similar
journalistes vs journalières
83% similar

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

Key facts for journalistes
PropertyValue
Headwordjournalistes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒuʁ.na.list\
Letters12
Frequency rank#1,922
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « journalistes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).journalistesse 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 « issue » (#1,921), « juifs » (#1,923), « interdit » (#1,920). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « journalistes » est au #1,922. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around journalistes (IPA \ʒuʁ.na.list\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,922 among 957 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de journaliste.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for journalistes, with forms such as "jjournalistes", "jorunalistes", and "jounralistes". 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, "journaliste", "journalisme", "journalières", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is journalistes, spelled J-O-U-R-N-A-L-I-S-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de journaliste.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les journalistes, dont il récompensait, de son vivant, les tumultueux éloges, se taisent aujourd’hui.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjournalistes
  • jorunalistes
  • jounralistes
  • jouranlistes
  • journailstes
  • journalisets
  • journalisstes
  • journalistess
  • journalistse
  • journalisttes
  • journalitses
  • journallistes
  • journalsites
  • journlaistes
  • journnalistes
  • jourrnalistes
  • juornalistes
  • ojurnalistes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

jjournalistes1jorunalistes2jounralistes2jouranlistes2journailstes2journalisets2journalisstes1journalistess1
Edit distance from "journalistes"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

comportement#1,988Distribution#1,993représentant#2,016heureusement#1,817

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

constitution18 variantsbibliothèque18 variantsextrêmement18 variantsrelativement18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list