questionnaires
\kɛs.tjɔ.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“questionnaires” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,313. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,313
- frequency rank, French
- 11,618
- “Q” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de questionnaire.
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 | questionnaires |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛs.tjɔ.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #28,313 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “questionnaires” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around questionnaires (IPA \kɛs.tjɔ.nɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,313 among 11,618 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de questionnaire.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for questionnaires, with forms such as "qeustionnaires", "qquestionnaires", and "quesitonnaires". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "questionnaire", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is questionnaires, spelled Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de questionnaire.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qeustionnaires
- qquestionnaires
- quesitonnaires
- quesstionnaires
- questinonaires
- questionaires
- questionanires
- questionnaiers
- questionnairess
- questionnairres
- questionnairse
- questionnaries
- questionniares
- questoinnaires
- questtionnaires
- quetsionnaires
- qusetionnaires
- uqestionnaires
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of questionnaires - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “questionnaires”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Q-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɛs.tjɔ.nɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “questionnaire” - see the side-by-side comparison. questionnaires vs questionnaire
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.