néfastes
\ne.fast\
The verdict
“néfastes” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,426. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,426
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de néfaste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nefastes · néfastes · French
néfastes · rank #16,426 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #16,426
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nuisible
Nearest frequency peer: nuisible (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “néfastes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- nomades
nomades
83,578 corpus weight
- nuisible
nuisible
83,576 corpus weight
- néfastes
néfastes
83,575 corpus weight
- négociant
négociant
83,574 corpus weight
- Népal
Népal
83,573 corpus weight
- obscure
obscure
83,572 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “néfastes” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | néfastes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ne.fast\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “néfastes” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around néfastes (IPA \ne.fast\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,426 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de néfaste.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for néfastes, with forms such as "nefastes", "nféastes", and "nnéfastes". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "néfaste", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is néfastes, spelled N-É-F-A-S-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de néfaste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how néfastes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comment s’étonner alors que cela favorise les influences les plus néfastes, les comportements crypto-mafieux et nourrit les « éléphants » qui ont tendance à virer au « blanc » !
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nefastes
- nféastes
- nnéfastes
- néafstes
- néfasets
- néfasstes
- néfastess
- néfastse
- néfasttes
- néfatses
- néffastes
- néfsates
- énfastes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of néfastes - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "néfastes", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "néfaste". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #16,426 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "N" letter cohort. N–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.