myrtille

\miʁ.tij\

/\miʁ.tij\/ noun

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The verdict

“myrtille” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,476. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,476
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sous-arbrisseau de la famille des Éricacées du genre Vaccinium portant des feuilles caduques ovales et finement dentelées formant de vastes populations en sous-bois ou en pleine lumière en compagni...

Corpus desk

Index FR-myrtille · myrtille · French

myrtille · rank #42,476 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,476
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH muter

Nearest frequency peer: muter (-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 « myrtille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « myrtille » 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).

myrtille vs myrtilles
89% similar
myrtille vs mortelle
75% similar
myrtille vs muraille
75% similar

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

Key facts for myrtille
PropertyValue
Headwordmyrtille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\miʁ.tij\
Letters8
Frequency rank#42,476
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « myrtille »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).myrtillese 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 « muter » (#42,475), « MPs » (#42,474), « méritants » (#42,478). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « myrtille » est au #42,476. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around myrtille (IPA \miʁ.tij\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,476 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for myrtille, with forms such as "mmyrtille", "mrytille", and "myritlle". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "myrtilles", "mortelle", "muraille", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is myrtille, spelled M-Y-R-T-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sous-arbrisseau de la famille des Éricacées du genre Vaccinium portant des feuilles caduques ovales et finement dentelées formant de vastes populations en sous-bois ou en pleine lumière en compagnie des bruyères dans les montagnes siliceuses de l’hémisphère nord.
  2. 2
    Fruit de cet arbrisseau qui est une petite baie globuleuse bleue noirâtre une fois mûre, tachant les mains et ayant un goût doux et sucré.
  3. 3
    Désigne le sous-abrisseau et le fruit de l’espèce Vaccium myrtillus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Espèce héliophile, le Genêt à balai envahit les cultures abandonnées et — conjointement avec la Callune ou la Myrtille — les clairières des forêts ainsi que les coupes après l'abatage ; […].
  2. El Mouria, c’est toute la forêt : il en connaît tous les sentiers, à des lieues, les cantons à muguet, les champs de myrtilles, les placers de girolles, de pieds rouges, de charbonniers ; […].

Synonyms

noiremyrtilliernoirebleuetbrimbellecousiniergueule-noiremauretteraisin de bruyèreraisin des boisteint-vin

This word in other languages

bilberry(English)arándano(Español)Heidelbeere(Deutsch)mirtilo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmyrtille
  • mrytille
  • myritlle
  • myrrtille
  • myrtile
  • myrtilel
  • myrtlile
  • myrttille
  • mytrille
  • myyrtille
  • ymrtille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of myrtille - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmyrtille1mrytille2myritlle2myrrtille1myrtile1myrtilel2myrtlile2myrttille1
Edit distance from "myrtille"

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 "myrtille"?
"myrtille" is spelled M-Y-R-T-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \miʁ.tij\.
What does "myrtille" mean?
As a noun, "myrtille" means: Sous-arbrisseau de la famille des Éricacées du genre Vaccinium portant des feuilles caduques ovales et finement dentelées formant de vastes populations en sous-bois ou en pleine lumière en compagni...
What words are commonly confused with "myrtille"?
"myrtille" is commonly confused with "myrtilles", "mortelle", "muraille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "myrtille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "myrtille" is \miʁ.tij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "myrtille" come from?
"myrtille" 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 "myrtille", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

motivent#42,472nigérien#42,485militari#42,464notariat#42,488

Similar misspelling depth

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

penderie11 variantslittorale11 variantspesaient11 variantspicards11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list