phénoménale
\fe.nɔ.me.nal\
The verdict
“phénoménale” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,690. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,690
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de phénoménal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-phenomenale · phénoménale · French
phénoménale · rank #28,690 · 17 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,690
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH Philibert
Nearest frequency peer: Philibert (-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 « phénoménale »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Perth
Perth
71,314 corpus weight
- Philibert
Philibert
71,312 corpus weight
- phénoménale
phénoménale
71,311 corpus weight
- pinte
pinte
71,310 corpus weight
- plongés
plongés
71,309 corpus weight
- pocket
pocket
71,308 corpus weight
What this shows « phénoménale » 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 | phénoménale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fe.nɔ.me.nal\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #28,690 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « phénoménale »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around phénoménale (IPA \fe.nɔ.me.nal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,690 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de phénoménal.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for phénoménale, with forms such as "hpénoménale", "phenomenale", and "phhénoménale". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "phénomène", "phénoménal", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is phénoménale, spelled P-H-É-N-O-M-É-N-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de phénoménal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how phénoménale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est une éclipse phénoménale qui, à la veille du deuxième match de l’équipe de France, vendredi soir contre la sélection suisse, porte son ombre sur toutes les composantes tricolores ou presque, jusqu’à obstruer complètement l’horizon : l’extension du domaine d’influence de Karim Benzema sur la maison bleue.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hpénoménale
- phenomenale
- phhénoménale
- phnéoménale
- phénmoénale
- phénnoménale
- phénomménale
- phénomnéale
- phénoméanle
- phénoménael
- phénoménalle
- phénoménlae
- phénoménnale
- phénoémnale
- phéonménale
- pphénoménale
- péhnoménale
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of phénoménale - 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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).