royaux

\ʁwa.jo\

/\ʁwa.jo\/ adj

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The verdict

“royaux” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,242. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,242
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de royal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-royaux · royaux · French

royaux · rank #15,242 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,242
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH roumain

Nearest frequency peer: roumain (-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 « royaux »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « royaux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

royaux vs ruraux
67% similar
royaux vs roux
67% similar
royaux vs roya
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for royaux
PropertyValue
Headwordroyaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁwa.jo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,242
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « royaux »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.royauxse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « roumain » (#15,241), « roulement » (#15,240), « récepteur » (#15,244). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « royaux » est au #15,242. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around royaux (IPA \ʁwa.jo\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,242 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for royaux, with forms such as "oryaux", "roayux", and "royauxx". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "ruraux", "roux", "roya", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is royaux, spelled R-O-Y-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de royal.
  2. 2
    Féminin pluriel archaïque de royal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how royaux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les censeurs royaux ayant délicatement découpé la figure du Pauvre dans le chef-d’œuvre découronné, décordialisé, le Christ ôté, le Roi très-chrétien se sentit la conscience en paix; et on loue beaucoup Sa Majesté d’avoir répliqué aux fanatiques qui ne pouvaient souffrir don Juan sur la scène française : « Mais il n’est pas récompensé !… »
  2. Lettres royaux, ordonnances royaux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oryaux
  • roayux
  • royauxx
  • royaxu
  • royuax
  • royyaux
  • rroyaux
  • ryoaux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of royaux - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oryaux2roayux2royauxx1royaxu2royuax2royyaux1rroyaux1ryoaux2
Edit distance from "royaux"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "royaux"?
"royaux" is spelled R-O-Y-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁwa.jo\.
What does "royaux" mean?
As an adjective, "royaux" means: Masculin pluriel de royal.
What words are commonly confused with "royaux"?
"royaux" is commonly confused with "ruraux", "roux", "roya". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "royaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "royaux" is \ʁwa.jo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "royaux" come from?
"royaux" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "royaux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

revoit#15,234restos#15,232reines#15,229Pétain#15,223

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

sérum8 variantsplease8 variantstraque8 variantsyaourt8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list