respectueux
\ʁɛs.pɛk.tɥø\
The verdict
“respectueux” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,234. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,234
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui témoigne du respect.
Corpus desk
Index FR-respectueux · respectueux · French
respectueux · rank #9,234 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #9,234
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rubrique
Nearest frequency peer: rubrique (+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 « respectueux »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- ralentir
ralentir
90,771 corpus weight
- refusant
refusant
90,770 corpus weight
- respectueux
respectueux
90,767 corpus weight
- rubrique
rubrique
90,766 corpus weight
- sierra
sierra
90,765 corpus weight
- sincérité
sincérité
90,764 corpus weight
What this shows « respectueux » 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 | respectueux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɛs.pɛk.tɥø\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #9,234 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « respectueux »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around respectueux (IPA \ʁɛs.pɛk.tɥø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,234 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for respectueux, with forms such as "erspectueux", "repsectueux", and "resepctueux". 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, "respectueuse", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is respectueux, spelled R-E-S-P-E-C-T-U-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui témoigne du respect.
- 2Qui marque du respect.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how respectueux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le vent respectueux, parmi leurs tresses sombres, Sur leur nuque de marbre errait en frémissant, Tandis que les parois des rocs couleur de sang, Comme de grands miroirs suspendus dans les ombres, De la pourpre du soir baignaient leur dos puissant.
Sous la IIIᵉ république, les techniques d’élevage fabriquent en série de petits robots, respectueux des autorités, sexuellement refoulés, bon soldats, excellents travailleurs, anxieux, très portés au suicide. Mais les Français ont alors le droit compensatoire de faire des plaisanteries « gauloises » alors que les Allemands acceptent officiellement leur pu…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erspectueux
- repsectueux
- resepctueux
- respcetueux
- respecctueux
- respecteuux
- respecttueux
- respectueuxx
- respectuexu
- respectuuex
- respecuteux
- respetcueux
- resppectueux
- resspectueux
- rrespectueux
- rsepectueux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of respectueux - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).