ouailles

\waj\

/\waj\/ noun

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The verdict

“ouailles” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,580. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,580
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ouaille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ouailles · ouailles · French

ouailles · rank #43,580 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,580
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH organisaient

Nearest frequency peer: organisaient (-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 « ouailles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ouailles » 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).

ouailles vs ouille
75% similar
ouailles vs oreilles
75% similar

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

Key facts for ouailles
PropertyValue
Headwordouailles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\waj\
Letters8
Frequency rank#43,580
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ouailles »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ouaillesse 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 « organisaient » (#43,579), « outsiders » (#43,581), « orangée » (#43,578). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ouailles » est au #43,580. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around ouailles (IPA \waj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,580 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ouaille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ouailles, with forms such as "oauilles", "ouailels", and "ouailes". 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, "ouille", "oreilles", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ouailles, spelled O-U-A-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de ouaille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le christianisme doit donc se “nationaliser”, comme il s’était germanisé (sarmatisé ?) aux temps de la conversion, pour être en adéquation avec la spécificité “racique” des nouvelles ouailles nord-européennes ou issues de la cavalerie des Légions de l’Urbs.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oauilles
  • ouailels
  • ouailes
  • ouailless
  • ouaillse
  • oualiles
  • ouialles
  • uoailles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ouailles - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oauilles2ouailels2ouailes1ouailless1ouaillse2oualiles2ouialles2uoailles2
Edit distance from "ouailles"

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 "ouailles"?
"ouailles" is spelled O-U-A-I-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \waj\.
What does "ouailles" mean?
As a noun, "ouailles" means: Pluriel de ouaille.
What words are commonly confused with "ouailles"?
"ouailles" is commonly confused with "ouille", "oreilles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ouailles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ouailles" is \waj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ouailles" come from?
"ouailles" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

noirâtre#43,573parlante#43,588musclées#43,569passives#43,591

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

parés8 variantspayais8 variantspensai8 variantsmanqua8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list