Mikhaïl
\mi.ka.il\
The verdict
“Mikhaïl” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,282. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,282
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom russe masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mikhail · Mikhaïl · French
Mikhaïl · rank #23,282 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,282
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH miraculeuseme…
Nearest frequency peer: miraculeusement (+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 « Mikhaïl »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- matinal
matinal
76,723 corpus weight
- mea
mea
76,721 corpus weight
- Mikhaïl
Mikhaïl
76,719 corpus weight
- miraculeuse…
miraculeusement
76,718 corpus weight
- mitrailleus…
mitrailleuses
76,717 corpus weight
- monographie
monographie
76,716 corpus weight
What this shows « Mikhaïl » 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 | Mikhaïl |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mi.ka.il\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Mikhaïl »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Mikhaïl (IPA \mi.ka.il\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,282 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom russe masculin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mikhaïl, with forms such as "imkhaïl", "mihkaïl", and "mikahïl". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Mikael", "Michal", "Michaël", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Mikhaïl, spelled M-I-K-H-A-Ï-L.
Definition
- 1Prénom russe masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mikhaïl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comme c’est le cas pour la plupart des gens de sa génération, la vie de Mikhaïl Kalachnikov se lit comme un roman d’aventures.
Selon des images diffusées à la télévision, Vladimir Poutine s’est rendu jeudi à l’Hôpital clinique central (TSKB) de Moscou, où est décédé Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, pour lui rendre hommage.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imkhaïl
- mihkaïl
- mikahïl
- mikhalï
- mikhaïll
- mikhhaïl
- mikhïal
- mikkhaïl
- mkihaïl
- mmikhaïl
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mikhaïl - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).