muraille

\my.ʁaj\

/\my.ʁaj\/ noun

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The verdict

“muraille” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,421. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,421
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de murs clôturant un espace.

Corpus desk

Index FR-muraille · muraille · French

muraille · rank #16,421 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,421
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Montauban

Nearest frequency peer: Montauban (-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 « muraille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « muraille » 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).

muraille vs murale
75% similar
muraille vs myrtille
75% similar
muraille vs murailles
89% similar

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

Key facts for muraille
PropertyValue
Headwordmuraille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\my.ʁaj\
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,421
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « muraille »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.muraillese 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 « Montauban » (#16,420), « médiathèque » (#16,422), « moches » (#16,419). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « muraille » est au #16,421. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around muraille (IPA \my.ʁaj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,421 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 18 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for muraille, with forms such as "mmuraille", "mruaille", and "muarille". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "murale", "myrtille", "murailles", and more, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is muraille, spelled M-U-R-A-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble de murs clôturant un espace.
  2. 2
    Élévation de matière imposante par sa hauteur.
  3. 3
    Paroi verticale monomorphe.
  4. 4
    Meuble représentant un mur crénelé dans les armoiries. Il se blasonne comme le mur. Il se démarque du mur en occupant une grande surface de l’écu.
  5. 5
    Partie latérale de la coque d’un navire.
  6. 6
    Paroi de la cuirasse d’une pièce d’artillerie.
  7. 7
    Ceinture défensive entourant une ville. → voir cordon de muraille
  8. 8
    Paroi du sabot d’un ongulé.
  9. 9
    Mur d’une habitation ou d’une ville.
  10. 10
    Structure imaginaire destinée à protéger quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
  11. 11
    Ceinture protectrice.
  12. 12
    Zone de végétation naturelle.
  13. 13
    Bouclier de protection par la communication.
  14. 14
    Barrière mentale.
  15. 15
    Collectif protecteur.
  16. 16
    Système de protection du moi intérieur.
  17. 17
    Ensemble protégé par un système de défense. → voir muraille de Chine
  18. 18
    Ville.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. D’un autre côté, il n’existait dans les environs ni pierres ni rochers qui eussent pu servir à élever une sorte de muraille.
  2. On pouvait le surprendre intrépidement planté sur ses jambes, le nez en l’air, assistant à la chute d’une pierre qu’un maçon ébranle avec un levier en haut d’une muraille, et sans quitter la place que la pierre ne tombât ; et, quand la pierre était tombée, il s’en allait heureux comme un académicien le serait de la chute d’un drame romantique.

Synonyms

enceinterempart

This word in other languages

great wall(English)muralla(Español)Mauer(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmuraille
  • mruaille
  • muarille
  • muraile
  • murailel
  • muralile
  • murialle
  • murraille
  • umraille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmuraille1mruaille2muarille2muraile1murailel2muralile2murialle2murraille1
Edit distance from "muraille"

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 "muraille"?
"muraille" is spelled M-U-R-A-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \my.ʁaj\.
What does "muraille" mean?
As a noun, "muraille" means: Ensemble de murs clôturant un espace.
What words are commonly confused with "muraille"?
"muraille" is commonly confused with "murale", "myrtille", "murailles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "muraille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "muraille" is \my.ʁaj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "muraille" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nuisible#16,425néfastes#16,426marquise#16,412opportun#16,430

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

moches9 variantspalmer9 variantsperdra9 variantsIndiana9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list