modernes
\mɔ.dɛʁn\
The verdict
“modernes” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,547. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,547
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de moderne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-modernes · modernes · French
modernes · rank #3,547 · 12 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,547
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH militants
Nearest frequency peer: militants (-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 « modernes »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- matériaux
matériaux
96,457 corpus weight
- milieux
milieux
96,456 corpus weight
- militants
militants
96,455 corpus weight
- modernes
modernes
96,454 corpus weight
- motif
motif
96,453 corpus weight
- météo
météo
96,451 corpus weight
What this shows « modernes » 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 | modernes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɔ.dɛʁn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,547 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « modernes »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around modernes (IPA \mɔ.dɛʁn\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,547 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de moderne.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for modernes, with forms such as "mdoernes", "mmodernes", and "moddernes". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "moyennes", "modestes", "modernisé", and more, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is modernes, spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de moderne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how modernes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les équipées y sont des épopées, les vaincus provisoires des visionnaires providentiels et les destructions cumulées des épreuves nécessaires à ce qu’il est convenu d’appeler « le progrès européen du pays » ; un progrès qui devra tout à l’ardeur positiviste d’élites soucieuses de se « décastillaniser », de se rapprocher des nations modernes, de s’enrichir…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mdoernes
- mmodernes
- moddernes
- modenres
- moderens
- moderness
- modernnes
- modernse
- moderrnes
- modrenes
- moedrnes
- omdernes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of modernes - 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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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