regional
\ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːl\
The verdict
“regional” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,680. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,680
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Régional.
Corpus desk
Index FR-regional · regional · French
regional · rank #35,680 · 11 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,680
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH refaites
Nearest frequency peer: refaites (-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 « regional »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- rebaptisée
rebaptisée
64,324 corpus weight
- Redon
Redon
64,323 corpus weight
- refaites
refaites
64,322 corpus weight
- regional
regional
64,321 corpus weight
- relaient
relaient
64,320 corpus weight
- remarqués
remarqués
64,319 corpus weight
What this shows « regional » 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 | regional |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #35,680 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « regional »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around regional (IPA \ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,680 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Régional.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for regional, with forms such as "ergional", "reggional", and "reginoal". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "régions", "régionale", "régionaux", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is regional, spelled R-E-G-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Régional.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how regional appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wer kennt sie nicht, die braunen Schilder an der Autobahn, die auf regionale Sehenswürdigkeiten hinweisen.
Windpocken zählen zu den meldepflichtigen Erkrankungen. Ärztinnen und Ärzte müssen daher bereits bei einem Verdacht auf Windpocken das regionale Gesundheitsamt verständigen.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ergional
- reggional
- reginoal
- regioanl
- regionall
- regionla
- regionnal
- regoinal
- reigonal
- rgeional
- rregional
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of regional - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "regional", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).