râles
\ʁɑl\
The verdict
“râles” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,774. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,774
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de râle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rales · râles · French
râles · rank #48,774 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,774
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH Ry
Nearest frequency peer: Ry (-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 « râles »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- roques
roques
51,230 corpus weight
- rouble
rouble
51,229 corpus weight
- Ry
Ry
51,228 corpus weight
- râles
râles
51,227 corpus weight
- réagira
réagira
51,226 corpus weight
- réapparaiss…
réapparaissent
51,225 corpus weight
What this shows « râles » 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 | râles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɑl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #48,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « râles »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around râles (IPA \ʁɑl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,774 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de râle.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for râles, with forms such as "rlâes", "rrâles", and "râels". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ras", "res", "rôle", 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is râles, spelled R-Â-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de râle.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rlâes
- rrâles
- râels
- râless
- râlles
- râlse
- ârles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of râles - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).