passerelles

\pa.sʁɛl\

/\pa.sʁɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“passerelles” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,430. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,430
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-passerelles · passerelles · French

passerelles · rank #25,430 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #25,430
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH parodique

Nearest frequency peer: parodique (-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 « passerelles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « passerelles » 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).

passerelles vs passerelle
91% similar

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

Key facts for passerelles
PropertyValue
Headwordpasserelles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.sʁɛl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#25,430
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « passerelles »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).passerellesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « parodique » (#25,429), « paysagiste » (#25,431), « papeterie » (#25,428). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « passerelles » est au #25,430. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around passerelles (IPA \pa.sʁɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,430 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de passerelle.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for passerelles, with forms such as "apsserelles", "paserelles", and "pasesrelles". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "passerelle", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is passerelles, spelled P-A-S-S-E-R-E-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de passerelle.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apsserelles
  • paserelles
  • pasesrelles
  • passeerlles
  • passerelels
  • passereles
  • passerelless
  • passerellse
  • passerleles
  • passerrelles
  • passreelles
  • ppasserelles
  • psaserelles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apsserelles2paserelles1pasesrelles2passeerlles2passerelels2passereles1passerelless1passerellse2
Edit distance from "passerelles"

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 "passerelles"?
"passerelles" is spelled P-A-S-S-E-R-E-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.sʁɛl\.
What does "passerelles" mean?
As a noun, "passerelles" means: Pluriel de passerelle.
What words are commonly confused with "passerelles"?
"passerelles" is commonly confused with "passerelle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "passerelles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "passerelles" is \pa.sʁɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "passerelles" come from?
"passerelles" 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 "passerelles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

ontariens13 variantsponctuelle13 variantspunitions13 variantsmodifient13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list