middle
\ˈmɪd.l̩\
The verdict
“middle” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,331. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,331
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intermédiaire, moyen.
Corpus desk
Index FR-middle · middle · French
middle · rank #22,331 · 7 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,331
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH maures
Nearest frequency peer: maures (-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 « middle »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Mariano
Mariano
77,673 corpus weight
- masturber
masturber
77,672 corpus weight
- maures
maures
77,671 corpus weight
- middle
middle
77,670 corpus weight
- migrant
migrant
77,669 corpus weight
- militantisme
militantisme
77,668 corpus weight
What this shows « middle » 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 | middle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈmɪd.l̩\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « middle »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around middle (IPA \ˈmɪd.l̩\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,331 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Intermédiaire, moyen.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for middle, with forms such as "imddle", "mdidle", and "middel". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "mile", "mille", "modèle", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is middle, spelled M-I-D-D-L-E.
Definition
- 1Intermédiaire, moyen.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imddle
- mdidle
- middel
- middlle
- midlde
- midle
- mmiddle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of middle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).