mitraille

\mi.tʁɑj\

/\mi.tʁɑj\/ noun

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The verdict

“mitraille” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,410. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,410
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ferraille dont on chargeait le canon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mitraille · mitraille · French

mitraille · rank #41,410 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,410
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Missy

Nearest frequency peer: Missy (-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 « mitraille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mitraille » 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).

mitraille vs muraille
78% similar
mitraille vs mitrailleur
82% similar
mitraille vs Mireille
67% similar

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

Key facts for mitraille
PropertyValue
Headwordmitraille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.tʁɑj\
Letters9
Frequency rank#41,410
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mitraille »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mitraillese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Missy » (#41,409), « mollement » (#41,411), « mimiques » (#41,408). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mitraille » est au #41,410. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around mitraille (IPA \mi.tʁɑj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,410 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mitraille, with forms such as "imtraille", "mirtaille", and "mitarille". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "muraille", "mitrailleur", "Mireille", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 mitraille, spelled M-I-T-R-A-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ferraille dont on chargeait le canon.
  2. 2
    Les balles de fer ou biscaïens, ordinairement mêlés de ferraille, dont on faisait les cartouches pour l’artillerie.
  3. 3
    Décharge collective d’artillerie.
  4. 4
    Beaucoup de petite monnaie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces paroles inouïes entrèrent dans l’âme du vieux Courtemanche, comme de la mitraille dans un caisson.
  2. Parfois ils couraient jusqu’à en perdre haleine, ne s’arrêtant qu’à bout de souffle, se comprimant les flancs avec leurs poings serrés pour réduire un point de côté, et ils se laissaient tomber dans le veld, comme deux morts fauchés par une mitraille imaginaire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imtraille
  • mirtaille
  • mitarille
  • mitraile
  • mitrailel
  • mitralile
  • mitrialle
  • mitrraille
  • mittraille
  • mmitraille
  • mtiraille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imtraille2mirtaille2mitarille2mitraile1mitrailel2mitralile2mitrialle2mitrraille1
Edit distance from "mitraille"

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 "mitraille"?
"mitraille" is spelled M-I-T-R-A-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.tʁɑj\.
What does "mitraille" mean?
As a noun, "mitraille" means: Ferraille dont on chargeait le canon.
What words are commonly confused with "mitraille"?
"mitraille" is commonly confused with "muraille", "mitrailleur", "Mireille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mitraille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mitraille" is \mi.tʁɑj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mitraille" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mitraille", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mollement#41,411mandarine#41,399loufoques#41,390ombilical#41,430

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

mimiques11 variantsMonfort11 variantsmordent11 variantsméfient11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list