références
\ʁe.fe.ʁɑ̃s\
The verdict
“références” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,098. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,098
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de référence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-references · références · French
références · rank #4,098 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,098
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH ronde
Nearest frequency peer: ronde (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “références”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- relever
relever
95,906 corpus weight
- rond
rond
95,905 corpus weight
- ronde
ronde
95,904 corpus weight
- références
références
95,903 corpus weight
- seins
seins
95,902 corpus weight
- stations
stations
95,900 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “références” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | références |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.fe.ʁɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #4,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “références” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around références (IPA \ʁe.fe.ʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,098 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de référence.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for références, with forms such as "references", "rféérences", and "rréférences". 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, "référents", "reference", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is références, spelled R-É-F-É-R-E-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de référence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how références appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ses principales références artistiques sont l’art de la Renaissance italienne, et surtout celui des préraphaélites dont elle se sent très proche…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- references
- rféérences
- rréférences
- réfférences
- réfréences
- réféernces
- référecnes
- référencces
- référencess
- référencse
- référenecs
- référennces
- référneces
- référrences
- rééfrences
- érférences
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of références - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "références", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "références" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "référents". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,098 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.