référendums
\ʁe.fe.ʁɛ̃.dɔm\
The verdict
“référendums” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,519. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,519
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de référendum.
Corpus desk
Index FR-referendums · référendums · French
référendums · rank #26,519 · 18 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #26,519
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 507,453
- PHOTO-FINISH régissant
Nearest frequency peer: régissant (+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 “référendums”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- riot
riot
73,485 corpus weight
- rudes
rudes
73,484 corpus weight
- référendums
référendums
73,482 corpus weight
- régissant
régissant
73,481 corpus weight
- répétait
répétait
73,480 corpus weight
- réquisitoire
réquisitoire
73,479 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “référendums” 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 | référendums |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.fe.ʁɛ̃.dɔm\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #26,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “référendums” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around référendums (IPA \ʁe.fe.ʁɛ̃.dɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,519 among 507,453 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de référendum.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for référendums, with forms such as "referendums", "rféérendums", and "rréférendums". 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, "référendum", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is référendums, spelled R-É-F-É-R-E-N-D-U-M-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de référendum.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- referendums
- rféérendums
- rréférendums
- réfférendums
- réfréendums
- réféerndums
- référednums
- référenddums
- référendmus
- référendumms
- référendumss
- référendusm
- référenndums
- référenudms
- référnedums
- référrendums
- rééfrendums
- érférendums
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of référendums - 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.
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 May 6, 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 "référendums", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).
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.