méridionale

\me.ʁi.djɔ.nal\

/\me.ʁi.djɔ.nal\/ adj

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The verdict

“méridionale” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,203. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,203
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de méridional, qui est du côté du sud, qui est propre au sud.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meridionale · méridionale · French

méridionale · rank #12,203 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,203
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH médiévale

Nearest frequency peer: médiévale (-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 « méridionale »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « méridionale » 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).

méridionale vs méridionaux
82% similar
méridionale vs méridionales
92% similar

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

Key facts for méridionale
PropertyValue
Headwordméridionale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\me.ʁi.djɔ.nal\
Letters11
Frequency rank#12,203
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « méridionale »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).méridionalese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « médiévale » (#12,202), « narration » (#12,204), « MRC » (#12,201). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « méridionale » est au #12,203. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around méridionale (IPA \me.ʁi.djɔ.nal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,203 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for méridionale, with forms such as "meridionale", "mméridionale", and "mréidionale". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "méridionaux", "méridionales", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is méridionale, spelled M-É-R-I-D-I-O-N-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de méridional, qui est du côté du sud, qui est propre au sud.
  2. 2
    Féminin singulier de méridional, (En particulier) (France) Relatif au sud de la France.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […], on ne peut plus douter que les poètes de la France méridionale n’aient raconté, avant leurs frères d’Artois ou de Normandie, dans des épopées en partie perdues, toutes ces aventures de chevalerie qui ont fourni aux poètes de la France du nord le sujet d’intarissables récits.
  2. Au bout d’une demi-heure de galop le long de l’Eyafjord, nous arrivons à l’extrémité méridionale de ce noble bras de mer qui dégénère ici en un marais fangeux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • meridionale
  • mméridionale
  • mréidionale
  • méirdionale
  • mérdiionale
  • mériddionale
  • méridinoale
  • méridioanle
  • méridionael
  • méridionalle
  • méridionlae
  • méridionnale
  • méridoinale
  • mériidonale
  • mérridionale
  • émridionale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

meridionale1mméridionale1mréidionale2méirdionale2mérdiionale2mériddionale1méridinoale2méridioanle2
Edit distance from "méridionale"

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 "méridionale"?
"méridionale" is spelled M-É-R-I-D-I-O-N-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.ʁi.djɔ.nal\.
What does "méridionale" mean?
As an adjective, "méridionale" means: Féminin singulier de méridional, qui est du côté du sud, qui est propre au sud.
What words are commonly confused with "méridionale"?
"méridionale" is commonly confused with "méridionaux", "méridionales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "méridionale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "méridionale" is \me.ʁi.djɔ.nal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "méridionale" come from?
"méridionale" 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 "méridionale", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

miséricorde#12,199malédiction#12,193potentielle#12,219présomption#12,228

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

prétention16 variantsrespectant16 variantsdéterminés16 variantscontentieux16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list