néophytes
\ne.ɔ.fit\
The verdict
“néophytes” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,375. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,375
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de néophyte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-neophytes · néophytes · French
néophytes · rank #33,375 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #33,375
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH novateurs
Nearest frequency peer: novateurs (-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 « néophytes »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- ninjas
ninjas
66,629 corpus weight
- normandes
normandes
66,628 corpus weight
- novateurs
novateurs
66,627 corpus weight
- néophytes
néophytes
66,626 corpus weight
- obstiné
obstiné
66,625 corpus weight
- occasionnel…
occasionnelle
66,623 corpus weight
What this shows « néophytes » 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 | néophytes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ne.ɔ.fit\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,375 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « néophytes »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around néophytes (IPA \ne.ɔ.fit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,375 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de néophyte.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for néophytes, with forms such as "neophytes", "nnéophytes", and "noéphytes". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "néophyte", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is néophytes, spelled N-É-O-P-H-Y-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de néophyte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how néophytes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un film d’aventures riche en suspense pour lequel Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne ont, pour la première fois, pris le risque de confier les deux rôles principaux à de jeunes néophytes, Joely Mbundu et Pablo Schils.
…C’était chez dame Virginie-Scolastique (les missionnaires ont quelquefois pour leurs néophytes de ces noms qui sont des trouvailles).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- neophytes
- nnéophytes
- noéphytes
- néohpytes
- néophhytes
- néophtyes
- néophyets
- néophytess
- néophytse
- néophyttes
- néophyytes
- néopphytes
- néopyhtes
- népohytes
- énophytes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of néophytes - 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.
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 "néophytes", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).