mortels

\mɔʁ.tɛl\

/\mɔʁ.tɛl\/ adj

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The verdict

“mortels” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,033. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,033
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de mortel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mortels · mortels · French

mortels · rank #10,033 · 11 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,033
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mickey

Nearest frequency peer: Mickey (-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 « mortels »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mortels » 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).

mortels vs morts
71% similar
mortels vs motel
71% similar
mortels vs mortes
86% similar

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

Key facts for mortels
PropertyValue
Headwordmortels
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɔʁ.tɛl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,033
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mortels »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mortelsse 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 « Mickey » (#10,032), « muet » (#10,034), « Mgr » (#10,031). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mortels » est au #10,033. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around mortels (IPA \mɔʁ.tɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,033 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de mortel.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mortels, with forms such as "mmortels", "moretls", and "morrtels". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "morts", "motel", "mortes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mortels, spelled M-O-R-T-E-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de mortel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’est Tom Blyth qui est chargé de l’incarner dans ses jeunes années tandis que Rachel Zegler lui vole la vedette en candidate forcée de jeux du cirque mortels.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmortels
  • moretls
  • morrtels
  • mortells
  • mortelss
  • mortesl
  • mortles
  • morttels
  • motrels
  • mrotels
  • omrtels

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmortels1moretls2morrtels1mortells1mortelss1mortesl2mortles2morttels1
Edit distance from "mortels"

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 "mortels"?
"mortels" is spelled M-O-R-T-E-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔʁ.tɛl\.
What does "mortels" mean?
As an adjective, "mortels" means: Masculin pluriel de mortel.
What words are commonly confused with "mortels"?
"mortels" is commonly confused with "morts", "motel", "mortes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mortels"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mortels" is \mɔʁ.tɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mortels" come from?
"mortels" 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 "mortels", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

menteur#10,030maintes#10,028oignons#10,039Legault#10,024

Similar misspelling depth

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

lointain11 variantspaisible11 variantshauteurs11 variantsgrimper11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list