médiéval
\me.dje.val\
The verdict
“médiéval” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,744. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,744
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au Moyen Âge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-medieval · médiéval · French
médiéval · rank #14,744 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,744
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH médiane
Nearest frequency peer: médiane (-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 « médiéval »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- monarque
monarque
85,260 corpus weight
- médiane
médiane
85,258 corpus weight
- médiéval
médiéval
85,257 corpus weight
- métaphysique
métaphysique
85,256 corpus weight
- Nolan
Nolan
85,255 corpus weight
- observant
observant
85,254 corpus weight
What this shows « médiéval » 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 | médiéval |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \me.dje.val\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,744 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « médiéval »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around médiéval (IPA \me.dje.val\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,744 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif au Moyen Âge.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for médiéval, with forms such as "mdéiéval", "medieval", and "mmédiéval". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "médiévale", "médiévaux", "médiévales", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is médiéval, spelled M-É-D-I-É-V-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relatif au Moyen Âge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how médiéval appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On maintiendra également scrupuleusement la distinction entre « médiéval(e) » et « moyenâgeux(se) », le premier renvoyant à ce qui relève proprement du Moyen Âge et sur quoi travaillent les spécialistes du Moyen Âge (les médiévistes), tandis que le second correspond systématiquement à un jugement de valeur, soit positif (telle « rue moyenâgeuse » signalée…
Aujourd'hui nous voyons des puissances considérables se coaliser pour essayer de réformer l'économie capitaliste dans le sens médiéval, au moyen de lois.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mdéiéval
- medieval
- mmédiéval
- méddiéval
- médivéal
- médiéavl
- médiévall
- médiévla
- médiévval
- médéival
- méidéval
- émdiéval
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of médiéval - 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.
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).