novices
\nɔ.vis\
The verdict
“novices” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,626. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,626
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de novice.
Corpus desk
Index FR-novices · novices · French
novices · rank #23,626 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,626
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nourrissons
Nearest frequency peer: nourrissons (-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 « novices »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- navales
navales
76,378 corpus weight
- nourrissons
nourrissons
76,376 corpus weight
- novices
novices
76,375 corpus weight
- négociateur
négociateur
76,374 corpus weight
- obligées
obligées
76,373 corpus weight
- oméga
oméga
76,372 corpus weight
What this shows « novices » 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 | novices |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \nɔ.vis\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « novices »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around novices (IPA \nɔ.vis\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,626 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de novice.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for novices, with forms such as "nnovices", "noivces", and "novcies". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "noces", "noires", "notice", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is novices, spelled N-O-V-I-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de novice.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how novices appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Délicieux souvenirs de meetings aux salles combles, de discours émouvants de nos candidates novices (beaucoup s’exprimaient pour la première fois en public), du succès particulier auprès des médias étrangers.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnovices
- noivces
- novcies
- novicces
- novicess
- novicse
- noviecs
- novvices
- nvoices
- onvices
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of novices - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).