ruisseaux
\ʁɥi.so\
The verdict
“ruisseaux” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,669
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ruisseau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ruisseaux · ruisseaux · French
ruisseaux · rank #19,669 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #19,669
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH ruby
Nearest frequency peer: ruby (-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 « ruisseaux »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- RSS
RSS
80,335 corpus weight
- rubriques
rubriques
80,334 corpus weight
- ruby
ruby
80,333 corpus weight
- ruisseaux
ruisseaux
80,332 corpus weight
- Rupert
Rupert
80,331 corpus weight
- récurrents
récurrents
80,329 corpus weight
What this shows « ruisseaux » 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 | ruisseaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɥi.so\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #19,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ruisseaux »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around ruisseaux (IPA \ʁɥi.so\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,669 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ruisseau.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ruisseaux, with forms such as "riusseaux", "rruisseaux", and "ruiseaux". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ruisseau", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 ruisseaux, spelled R-U-I-S-S-E-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de ruisseau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ruisseaux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Débondons-nous, ruisseaux, pour arroser le temps : que se désenluminent les hommes, que tournoient sans trêve les astres, tes yeux bleuissent encore, pâles dans mon âme depuis huit ans, et comme crucifiés sur mes sommeils.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- riusseaux
- rruisseaux
- ruiseaux
- ruisesaux
- ruissaeux
- ruisseauxx
- ruisseaxu
- ruisseuax
- rusiseaux
- urisseaux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ruisseaux - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "ruisseaux"?
What does "ruisseaux" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "ruisseaux"?
How do you pronounce "ruisseaux"?
What language does "ruisseaux" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ruisseaux", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).