pellicules

/\pɛ.li.kyl\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,201

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

pellicules is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de pellicule. Pronounced \pɛ.li.kyl\. Often confused with pellicule.

Key facts for pellicules
PropertyValue
Headwordpellicules
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛ.li.kyl\
Letters10
Frequency rank#35,201
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pellicules in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pellicules is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɛ.li.kyl\. Corpus data places it at rank #35,201 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de pellicule.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pellicules, with forms such as "epllicules", "pelicules", and "pelilcules". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pellicule", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is pellicules, spelled P-E-L-L-I-C-U-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de pellicule.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epllicules,pelicules,pelilcules,pellciules,pelliccules,pelliclues,pellicuels,pelliculess,pelliculles,pelliculse,pelliucles,plelicules,ppellicules

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pellicules

Misspelling Variants of "pellicules"

epllicules10pelicules9pelilcules10pellciules10pelliccules11pelliclues10pellicuels10pelliculess11
Misspelling Variants of "pellicules"

Frequency rank: #35,201 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pellicules"?
"pellicules" is spelled P-E-L-L-I-C-U-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ.li.kyl\.
What does "pellicules" mean?
As a noun, "pellicules" means: Pluriel de pellicule.
What words are commonly confused with "pellicules"?
"pellicules" is commonly confused with "pellicule". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pellicules"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pellicules" is \pɛ.li.kyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pellicules" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.