métaphores
\me.ta.fɔʁ\
The verdict
“métaphores” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,750. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,750
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de métaphore.
Corpus desk
Index FR-metaphores · métaphores · French
métaphores · rank #25,750 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #25,750
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH médiévales
Nearest frequency peer: médiévales (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “métaphores”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mutants
mutants
74,255 corpus weight
- mutualité
mutualité
74,254 corpus weight
- médiévales
médiévales
74,253 corpus weight
- métaphores
métaphores
74,251 corpus weight
- noce
noce
74,249 corpus weight
- nominal
nominal
74,248 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “métaphores” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | métaphores |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.ta.fɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #25,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “métaphores” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around métaphores (IPA \me.ta.fɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,750 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de métaphore.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for métaphores, with forms such as "metaphores", "mmétaphores", and "mtéaphores". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "métaphore", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is métaphores, spelled M-É-T-A-P-H-O-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de métaphore.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how métaphores appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Filer, re-filer les métaphores baziniennes, c’est aussi, volontairement, se les faire refiler, c’est s’approprier volontairement (travailler) une intimité de l’écriture, et la laisser vous imprégner (être travaillé).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- metaphores
- mmétaphores
- mtéaphores
- méatphores
- métahpores
- métaphhores
- métaphoers
- métaphoress
- métaphorres
- métaphorse
- métaphroes
- métapohres
- métapphores
- métpahores
- méttaphores
- émtaphores
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of métaphores - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "métaphores", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "métaphore". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #25,750 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.