rules
\ˈɹulz\
The verdict
“rules” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,519. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,519
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de rule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rules · rules · French
rules · rank #38,519 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,519
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rough
Nearest frequency peer: rough (-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 « rules »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- reus
reus
61,488 corpus weight
- risquaient
risquaient
61,486 corpus weight
- RnB
RnB
61,485 corpus weight
- rona
rona
61,484 corpus weight
- rough
rough
61,483 corpus weight
- rules
rules
61,482 corpus weight
What this shows « rules » 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 | rules |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɹulz\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #38,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rules »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around rules (IPA \ˈɹulz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,519 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de rule.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rules, with forms such as "rlues", "rrules", and "ruels". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rus", "rusé", "russ", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rules, spelled R-U-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de rule.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rlues
- rrules
- ruels
- ruless
- rulles
- rulse
- urles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rules - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).