narratives

\na.ʁa.tiv\

/\na.ʁa.tiv\/ adj

The verdict

“narratives” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,570. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,570
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-narratives · narratives · French

narratives · rank #43,570 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,570
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH musclées

Nearest frequency peer: musclées (-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 « narratives »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « narratives » 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).

narratives vs narrative
90% similar
narratives vs narratifs
80% similar

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

Key facts for narratives
PropertyValue
Headwordnarratives
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\na.ʁa.tiv\
Letters10
Frequency rank#43,570
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « narratives »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.narrativesse 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 « musclées » (#43,569), « nella » (#43,571), « noi » (#43,572). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « narratives » est au #43,570. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around narratives (IPA \na.ʁa.tiv\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,570 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de narratif.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for narratives, with forms such as "anrratives", "narartives", and "naratives". 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, "narrative", "narratifs", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is narratives, spelled N-A-R-R-A-T-I-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de narratif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il serait incorrect de présenter les figures personnelles et narratives dans le corpus littéraire subsaharien sous une forme antithétique confrontant un Il atone et ontologiquement déconsubstantialisé, à un Je verbalement tonique et créatif, éminemment doté d’une aptitude à s’approprier l’appareil formel de l’énonciation et/ou du langage.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anrratives
  • narartives
  • naratives
  • narraitves
  • narratievs
  • narrativess
  • narrativse
  • narrativves
  • narrattives
  • narratvies
  • narrtaives
  • nnarratives
  • nraratives

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

anrratives2narartives2naratives1narraitves2narratievs2narrativess1narrativse2narrativves1
Edit distance from "narratives"

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 "narratives"?
"narratives" is spelled N-A-R-R-A-T-I-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \na.ʁa.tiv\.
What does "narratives" mean?
As an adjective, "narratives" means: Féminin pluriel de narratif.
What words are commonly confused with "narratives"?
"narratives" is commonly confused with "narrative", "narratifs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "narratives"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "narratives" is \na.ʁa.tiv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "narratives" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list