locales

\lɔ.kal\

/\lɔ.kal\/ adj

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The verdict

“locales” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,526. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,526
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-locales · locales · French

locales · rank #2,526 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,526
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH magazine

Nearest frequency peer: magazine (+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 « locales »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « locales » 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).

locales vs loyale
71% similar
locales vs loches
71% similar
locales vs localise
75% similar

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

Key facts for locales
PropertyValue
Headwordlocales
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\lɔ.kal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,526
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « locales »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).localesse 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 « magazine » (#2,527), « live » (#2,524), « marchés » (#2,528). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « locales » est au #2,526. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around locales (IPA \lɔ.kal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,526 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de local.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for locales, with forms such as "lcoales", "llocales", and "loacles". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "loyale", "loches", "localise", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is locales, spelled L-O-C-A-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de local.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’archéologie et l’anthropologie locales sont coutumières, on le sait, d’une grande sérénité dans l’affirmation.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lcoales
  • llocales
  • loacles
  • locaels
  • localess
  • localles
  • localse
  • loccales
  • loclaes
  • olcales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lcoales2llocales1loacles2locaels2localess1localles1localse2loccales1
Edit distance from "locales"

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 "locales"?
"locales" is spelled L-O-C-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \lɔ.kal\.
What does "locales" mean?
As an adjective, "locales" means: Féminin pluriel de local.
What words are commonly confused with "locales"?
"locales" is commonly confused with "loyale", "loches", "localise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "locales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "locales" is \lɔ.kal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "locales" come from?
"locales" 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 "locales", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marchés#2,528olivier#2,531plainte#2,536preuves#2,540

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

décrit10 variantssuperbe10 variantsavancer10 variantsterrible10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list