poilues
\pwa.ly\
The verdict
“poilues” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,282. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,282
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de poilu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poilues · poilues · French
poilues · rank #49,282 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,282
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pléonasme
Nearest frequency peer: pléonasme (-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 « poilues »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- pivots
pivots
50,723 corpus weight
- plongeons
plongeons
50,721 corpus weight
- pléonasme
pléonasme
50,720 corpus weight
- poilues
poilues
50,719 corpus weight
- politicienn…
politiciennes
50,718 corpus weight
- poncifs
poncifs
50,716 corpus weight
What this shows « poilues » 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 | poilues |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pwa.ly\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #49,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poilues »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around poilues (IPA \pwa.ly\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,282 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de poilu.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for poilues, with forms such as "opilues", "piolues", and "poileus". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "poules", "poires", "poilus", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is poilues, spelled P-O-I-L-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de poilu.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opilues
- piolues
- poileus
- poillues
- poiluess
- poiluse
- poiules
- poliues
- ppoilues
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poilues - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).