semblables
\sɑ̃.blabl\
The verdict
“semblables” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,497. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,497
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de semblable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-semblables · semblables · French
semblables · rank #7,497 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #7,497
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH scénarios
Nearest frequency peer: scénarios (-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 « semblables »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- rompre
rompre
92,507 corpus weight
- routière
routière
92,506 corpus weight
- scénarios
scénarios
92,505 corpus weight
- semblables
semblables
92,504 corpus weight
- serrer
serrer
92,503 corpus weight
- short
short
92,502 corpus weight
What this shows « semblables » 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 | semblables |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.blabl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « semblables »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around semblables (IPA \sɑ̃.blabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,497 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de semblable.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for semblables, with forms such as "esmblables", "sebmlables", and "sembalbles". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "semblable", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 semblables, spelled S-E-M-B-L-A-B-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de semblable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how semblables appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si la science enorgueillit quelques-uns de ceux qu’elle éclaire, c’est parce qu’ils ne sçavent point en retirer tout l’avantage qu’elle peut leur procurer ; semblables à ces Insulaires qui ouvrent le sein de la terre pour en retirer des trésors inutiles pour eux, parce qu’ils ignorent l’art de les orfévrir.
Et l’on peut croire qu’il existe réellement « une raison qui s’ignore » de faits semblables, parce que si dans notre cas, le Moi subconscient du sensitif avait prévu l’accident fatal qui le menaçait en inférant l’avenir du présent, très libre comme il était de pourvoir à sa propre sûreté, il aurait pu télépathiser à sa femme l’événement en termes assez cl…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esmblables
- sebmlables
- sembalbles
- sembblables
- semblabbles
- semblabels
- semblabless
- semblablles
- semblablse
- semblalbes
- semblbales
- sembllables
- semlbables
- semmblables
- smeblables
- ssemblables
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of semblables - 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.
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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).