pellicule
\pɛ.li.kyl\
The verdict
“pellicule” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,508. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,508
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite peau, peau extrêmement mince et déliée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pellicule · pellicule · French
pellicule · rank #17,508 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #17,508
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pelletier
Nearest frequency peer: pelletier (-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 « pellicule »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- parus
parus
82,496 corpus weight
- passible
passible
82,495 corpus weight
- pelletier
pelletier
82,494 corpus weight
- pellicule
pellicule
82,493 corpus weight
- perpétuel
perpétuel
82,491 corpus weight
- perpétuelle
perpétuelle
82,490 corpus weight
What this shows « pellicule » 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 | pellicule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛ.li.kyl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,508 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pellicule »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around pellicule (IPA \pɛ.li.kyl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,508 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pellicule, with forms such as "epllicule", "pelicule", and "pelilcule". 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, "pellicules", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 pellicule, spelled P-E-L-L-I-C-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Petite peau, peau extrêmement mince et déliée.
- 2Cellule superficielle du cuir chevelu ayant desquamé.
- 3Couche fine à la surface d’un liquide ou d’un solide.
- 4Feuille souple, de matière plastique, sur laquelle se forme le négatif de l’image.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pellicule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a des betteraves blanches, il y en a de jaunes, de rouges, et de marbrées, et quelquefois la pellicule est rouge et la chair est blanche.
Le tannin, qui vient de la rafle, des pépins et des pellicules donne de l’âpreté ; c'est à ce principe qu'il faut rapporter la plus ou moins longue conservation du vin.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epllicule
- pelicule
- pelilcule
- pellciule
- pelliccule
- pelliclue
- pellicuel
- pelliculle
- pelliucle
- plelicule
- ppellicule
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pellicule - 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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).