poubelles
\pu.bɛl\
The verdict
“poubelles” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,382. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,382
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de poubelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poubelles · poubelles · French
poubelles · rank #10,382 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #10,382
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH possédant
Nearest frequency peer: possédant (-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 « poubelles »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- pilotage
pilotage
89,622 corpus weight
- pleuré
pleuré
89,621 corpus weight
- possédant
possédant
89,620 corpus weight
- poubelles
poubelles
89,619 corpus weight
- poursuivent
poursuivent
89,618 corpus weight
- proposait
proposait
89,617 corpus weight
What this shows « poubelles » 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 | poubelles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pu.bɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poubelles »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around poubelles (IPA \pu.bɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,382 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de poubelle.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for poubelles, with forms such as "opubelles", "pobuelles", and "poubbelles". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "poubelle", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is poubelles, spelled P-O-U-B-E-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de poubelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how poubelles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les rues, se promènent : les vaches à l’aise à se « jobrer » le museau dans les poubelles (est-ce très sain pour elles et le lait qu’elles délivrent ?), les écoliers en costume marchent fièrement, les femmes ont confectionné de longues guirlandes, les présentent dans des corbeilles tressées, étalage rehaussé sur des caisses en bois défoncées, les fle…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opubelles
- pobuelles
- poubbelles
- poubelels
- poubeles
- poubelless
- poubellse
- poubleles
- poueblles
- ppoubelles
- puobelles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poubelles - 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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).