scandale

\skɑ̃.dal\

/\skɑ̃.dal\/ noun

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The verdict

“scandale” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,568. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,568
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui est occasion de tomber dans l’erreur, occasion de chute.

Corpus desk

Index FR-scandale · scandale · French

scandale · rank #3,568 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,568
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sache

Nearest frequency peer: Sache (-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 « scandale »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « scandale » 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).

scandale vs scandales
89% similar
scandale vs scandaleux
80% similar
scandale vs scandal
88% similar

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

Key facts for scandale
PropertyValue
Headwordscandale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\skɑ̃.dal\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,568
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « scandale »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).scandalese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Sache » (#3,567), « SNCF » (#3,569), « répartition » (#3,566). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « scandale » est au #3,568. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around scandale (IPA \skɑ̃.dal\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,568 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for scandale, with forms such as "csandale", "sacndale", and "scadnale". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "scandales", "scandaleux", "scandal", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is scandale, spelled S-C-A-N-D-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui est occasion de tomber dans l’erreur, occasion de chute.
  2. 2
    Occasion de chute que l’on donne à autrui par quelque mauvaise action, par quelque discours corrupteur.
  3. 3
    Indignation qu’on a des actions et des discours de mauvais exemple.
  4. 4
    L’éclat que fait un mauvais exemple.
  5. 5
    La chose qui provoque l’indignation, la révolte, qui scandalise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Celui qui est un scandale, une occasion de chute, pour un seul de ces petits qui croient en moi, il est préférable pour lui qu’on lui accroche au cou une de ces meules que tournent les ânes, et qu’il soit englouti en pleine mer.
  2. Les religions constituent un scandale particulièrement grave pour l’intellec­tualiste, car il ne saurait ni les regarder comme étant sans portée historique, ni les expliquer ; […].

This word in other languages

stumbling block(English)escándalo(Español)Ärgernis(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • csandale
  • sacndale
  • scadnale
  • scanadle
  • scandael
  • scandalle
  • scanddale
  • scandlae
  • scanndale
  • sccandale
  • scnadale
  • sscandale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of scandale - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

csandale2sacndale2scadnale2scanadle2scandael2scandalle1scanddale1scandlae2
Edit distance from "scandale"

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 "scandale"?
"scandale" is spelled S-C-A-N-D-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \skɑ̃.dal\.
What does "scandale" mean?
As a noun, "scandale" means: Ce qui est occasion de tomber dans l’erreur, occasion de chute.
What words are commonly confused with "scandale"?
"scandale" is commonly confused with "scandales", "scandaleux", "scandal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "scandale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scandale" is \skɑ̃.dal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "scandale" come from?
"scandale" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

remporté#3,564terrains#3,572pauvreté#3,557vivement#3,580

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

titulaire12 variantsmodernes12 variantscomposée12 variantsdestinée12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list