modulaire

\mɔ.dy.lɛʁ\

/\mɔ.dy.lɛʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“modulaire” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,486. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,486
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Constitué de modules.

Corpus desk

Index FR-modulaire · modulaire · French

modulaire · rank #32,486 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,486
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH moisissures

Nearest frequency peer: moisissures (+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 « modulaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « modulaire » 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).

modulaire vs molaire
78% similar
modulaire vs modulable
78% similar

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

Key facts for modulaire
PropertyValue
Headwordmodulaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɔ.dy.lɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#32,486
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « modulaire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.modulairese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « moisissures » (#32,487), « Minerve » (#32,484), « montrerai » (#32,488). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « modulaire » est au #32,486. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around modulaire (IPA \mɔ.dy.lɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,486 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for modulaire, with forms such as "mdoulaire", "mmodulaire", and "moddulaire". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "molaire", "modulable", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is modulaire, spelled M-O-D-U-L-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Constitué de modules.
  2. 2
    Relatif à la modularité.
  3. 3
    Se dit de l'architecture qui réutilise les styles de l'antiquité gréco-romaine basés sur le module.
  4. 4
    Se dit de l'architecture qui utilise des modules préfabriqués.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ara est "un téléphone modulaire", avec une structure de base sur laquelle l'utilisateur peut assembler avec des électro-aimants, comme sur un jeu de construction, des modules de différentes couleurs et fonctionnalités ….
  2. L'architecture modulaire est celle qui dérive des ordres grecs et romains qui ont le module comme règle ou canon.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mdoulaire
  • mmodulaire
  • moddulaire
  • modluaire
  • modualire
  • modulaier
  • modulairre
  • modularie
  • moduliare
  • modullaire
  • moudlaire
  • omdulaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of modulaire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mdoulaire2mmodulaire1moddulaire1modluaire2modualire2modulaier2modulairre1modularie2
Edit distance from "modulaire"

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 "modulaire"?
"modulaire" is spelled M-O-D-U-L-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.dy.lɛʁ\.
What does "modulaire" mean?
As an adjective, "modulaire" means: Constitué de modules.
What words are commonly confused with "modulaire"?
"modulaire" is commonly confused with "molaire", "modulable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "modulaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "modulaire" is \mɔ.dy.lɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "modulaire" come from?
"modulaire" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list