linteau
\lɛ̃.to\
The verdict
“linteau” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,767. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,767
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Traverse horizontale reposant sur deux points d'appui au-dessus d'une ouverture, d’une baie, pour soutenir la maçonnerie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-linteau · linteau · French
linteau · rank #49,767 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,767
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lep
Nearest frequency peer: lep (-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 « linteau »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- lavait
lavait
50,238 corpus weight
- Leighton
Leighton
50,237 corpus weight
- lep
lep
50,235 corpus weight
- linteau
linteau
50,234 corpus weight
- Livry
Livry
50,233 corpus weight
- lobo
lobo
50,231 corpus weight
What this shows « linteau » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | linteau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛ̃.to\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #49,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « linteau »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around linteau (IPA \lɛ̃.to\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,767 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for linteau, with forms such as "ilnteau", "linetau", and "linnteau". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 linteau, spelled L-I-N-T-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Traverse horizontale reposant sur deux points d'appui au-dessus d'une ouverture, d’une baie, pour soutenir la maçonnerie.
- 2Morceau de fer placé au haut d’une porte ou d’une grille, pour recevoir les tourillons.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how linteau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ses murs longs, indestructibles, étaient bâtis d’un sombre travertin, une corniche colossale, magnifiquement assemblée, couronnait le sommet, des linteaux de marbre encadraient le portail et les fenêtres étaient grandioses, chargées de magnifiques ornements architecturaux ; […].
L’ensemble du linteau, de deux poteaux d’huisserie et de l’appui E, constitue l’huisserie d’une porte ou d’une fenêtre.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilnteau
- linetau
- linnteau
- lintaeu
- linteua
- lintteau
- litneau
- llinteau
- lniteau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of linteau - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).