moyens
\mwa.jɛ̃\
The verdict
“moyens” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #793. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #793
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de moyen.
Corpus desk
Index FR-moyens · moyens · French
moyens · rank #793 · 9 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #793
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH perdre
Nearest frequency peer: perdre (+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 « moyens »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- haute
haute
99,211 corpus weight
- manger
manger
99,210 corpus weight
- moyens
moyens
99,208 corpus weight
- perdre
perdre
99,207 corpus weight
- pièces
pièces
99,206 corpus weight
- pratique
pratique
99,205 corpus weight
What this shows « moyens » 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 | moyens |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mwa.jɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #793 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « moyens »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around moyens (IPA \mwa.jɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #793 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de moyen.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for moyens, with forms such as "mmoyens", "moeyns", and "moyenns". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Myers", "moyeu", "Mons", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 moyens, spelled M-O-Y-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de moyen.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmoyens
- moeyns
- moyenns
- moyenss
- moyesn
- moynes
- moyyens
- myoens
- omyens
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moyens - 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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).