pétales

\pe.tal\

/\pe.tal\/ noun

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The verdict

“pétales” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,977. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,977
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-petales · pétales · French

pétales · rank #16,977 · 11 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,977
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pénétré

Nearest frequency peer: pénétré (-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 « pétales »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pétales » 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).

pétales vs pètes
57% similar
pétales vs petites
57% similar
pétales vs peuples
57% similar

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

Key facts for pétales
PropertyValue
Headwordpétales
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pe.tal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,977
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pétales »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pétalesse 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 « pénétré » (#16,976), « rappels » (#16,979), « ratés » (#16,980). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pétales » est au #16,977. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around pétales (IPA \pe.tal\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,977 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de pétale.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pétales, with forms such as "petales", "ppétales", and "ptéales". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "pètes", "petites", "peuples", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 pétales, spelled P-É-T-A-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de pétale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Quant aux « désespoir du peintre », la finesse des petites taches rouges sur le blanc des pétales m’attirait sans que jamais j’aie pu savoir pourquoi leur irréalité me troublait autant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • petales
  • ppétales
  • ptéales
  • péatles
  • pétaels
  • pétaless
  • pétalles
  • pétalse
  • pétlaes
  • péttales
  • éptales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

petales1ppétales1ptéales2péatles2pétaels2pétaless1pétalles1pétalse2
Edit distance from "pétales"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pénétré#16,976rappels#16,979portier#16,970relevée#16,984

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Sanders11 variantssembles11 variantsmarquage11 variantslivrées11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list