latéraux

\la.te.ʁo\

/\la.te.ʁo\/ adj

The verdict

“latéraux” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,719
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de latéral.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lateraux · latéraux · French

latéraux · rank #14,719 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,719
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kenny

Nearest frequency peer: Kenny (-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 « latéraux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « latéraux » 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).

latéraux vs libéraux
75% similar
latéraux vs latérale
75% similar

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

Key facts for latéraux
PropertyValue
Headwordlatéraux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\la.te.ʁo\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,719
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « latéraux »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).latérauxse 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 « Kenny » (#14,718), « libraire » (#14,720), « ke » (#14,717). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « latéraux » est au #14,719. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around latéraux (IPA \la.te.ʁo\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,719 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de latéral.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for latéraux, with forms such as "altéraux", "lateraux", and "latréaux". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "libéraux", "latérale", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is latéraux, spelled L-A-T-É-R-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de latéral.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • altéraux
  • lateraux
  • latréaux
  • lattéraux
  • latéarux
  • latérauxx
  • latéraxu
  • latérraux
  • latéruax
  • laétraux
  • llatéraux
  • ltaéraux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

altéraux2lateraux1latréaux2lattéraux1latéarux2latérauxx1latéraxu2latérraux1
Edit distance from "latéraux"

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 "latéraux"?
"latéraux" is spelled L-A-T-É-R-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \la.te.ʁo\.
What does "latéraux" mean?
As an adjective, "latéraux" means: Masculin pluriel de latéral.
What words are commonly confused with "latéraux"?
"latéraux" is commonly confused with "libéraux", "latérale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "latéraux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "latéraux" is \la.te.ʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "latéraux" come from?
"latéraux" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list