nulles

\nyl\

/\nyl\/ adj

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The verdict

“nulles” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,810. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,810
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-nulles · nulles · French

nulles · rank #18,810 · 7 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,810
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH notoire

Nearest frequency peer: notoire (-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 « nulles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nulles » 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).

nulles vs nuls
67% similar
nulles vs nues
67% similar
nulles vs Null
50% similar

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

Key facts for nulles
PropertyValue
Headwordnulles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\nyl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,810
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nulles »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.nullesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « notoire » (#18,809), « nombril » (#18,808), « Odile » (#18,812). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nulles » est au #18,810. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around nulles (IPA \nyl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,810 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de nul.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for nulles, with forms such as "nlules", "nnulles", and "nulels". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "nuls", "nues", "Null", and more, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is nulles, spelled N-U-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de nul.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les chances du malheureux demeuraient entières — ou presque nulles, s’il refusait, une dernière fois, de se décharançonner l’âme.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nlules
  • nnulles
  • nulels
  • nules
  • nulless
  • nullse
  • unlles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

nlules2nnulles1nulels2nules1nulless1nullse2unlles2
Edit distance from "nulles"

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 "nulles"?
"nulles" is spelled N-U-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \nyl\.
What does "nulles" mean?
As an adjective, "nulles" means: Féminin pluriel de nul.
What words are commonly confused with "nulles"?
"nulles" is commonly confused with "nuls", "nues", "Null". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nulles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nulles" is \nyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nulles" come from?
"nulles" 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 "nulles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list