seller
\se.le\
The verdict
“seller” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,091. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,091
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre et affermir une selle sur un cheval, sur une mule, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-seller · seller · French
seller · rank #22,091 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,091
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sentis
Nearest frequency peer: sentis (+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 « seller »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- sami
sami
77,913 corpus weight
- samouraï
samouraï
77,912 corpus weight
- seller
seller
77,910 corpus weight
- sentis
sentis
77,909 corpus weight
- serrurier
serrurier
77,908 corpus weight
- seven
seven
77,907 corpus weight
What this shows « seller » 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 | seller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \se.le\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,091 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « seller »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around seller (IPA \se.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,091 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mettre et affermir une selle sur un cheval, sur une mule, etc.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for seller, with forms such as "esller", "selelr", and "seler". 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, "seule", "semer", "soler", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is seller, spelled S-E-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mettre et affermir une selle sur un cheval, sur une mule, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how seller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les chasseurs sellèrent leurs chevaux, descendirent la colline avec précaution et s’élancèrent sur la piste des Comanches.
Dès qu'il put décemment se lever de table, il se précipita plutôt qu'il ne courut à l'écurie, sella lui-même son cheval, et partit au galop […]
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esller
- selelr
- seler
- sellerr
- sellre
- sleler
- sseller
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seller - 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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).