pétrolières
\pe.tʁɔ.ljɛʁ\
The verdict
“pétrolières” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,800. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,800
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de pétrolier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petrolieres · pétrolières · French
pétrolières · rank #17,800 · 17 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,800
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 248,534
- PHOTO-FINISH pures
Nearest frequency peer: pures (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pétrolières”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- préservatif
préservatif
82,204 corpus weight
- psychologues
psychologues
82,203 corpus weight
- pures
pures
82,202 corpus weight
- pétrolières
pétrolières
82,201 corpus weight
- racontée
racontée
82,200 corpus weight
- rassemblant
rassemblant
82,199 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pétrolières” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | pétrolières |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pe.tʁɔ.ljɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #17,800 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pétrolières” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around pétrolières (IPA \pe.tʁɔ.ljɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,800 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de pétrolier.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for pétrolières, with forms such as "petrolieres", "ppétrolières", and "ptérolières". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pétroliers", "pétrolier", "pétrolière", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pétrolières, spelled P-É-T-R-O-L-I-È-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de pétrolier.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- petrolieres
- ppétrolières
- ptérolières
- pértolières
- pétorlières
- pétrloières
- pétroilères
- pétrolirèes
- pétrolièers
- pétrolièress
- pétrolièrres
- pétrolièrse
- pétrollières
- pétrolèires
- pétrrolières
- péttrolières
- éptrolières
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pétrolières - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pétrolières", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
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.