sentinelles
\sɑ̃.ti.nɛl\
The verdict
“sentinelles” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,773. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,773
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de sentinelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sentinelles · sentinelles · French
sentinelles · rank #24,773 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,773
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH scratch
Nearest frequency peer: scratch (-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 « sentinelles »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- scolarisés
scolarisés
75,231 corpus weight
- SCPI
SCPI
75,230 corpus weight
- scratch
scratch
75,229 corpus weight
- sentinelles
sentinelles
75,228 corpus weight
- sep
sep
75,227 corpus weight
- shake
shake
75,226 corpus weight
What this shows « sentinelles » 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 | sentinelles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.ti.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #24,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sentinelles »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around sentinelles (IPA \sɑ̃.ti.nɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,773 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de sentinelle.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for sentinelles, with forms such as "esntinelles", "senitnelles", and "senntinelles". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sentinelle", "sentinel", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sentinelles, spelled S-E-N-T-I-N-E-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de sentinelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sentinelles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au bout de ladite galerie qui est appuyée sur ladite écurie, il y avoit un petit parpaing de pierre de l’épaisseur de 8 pouces et de 22 pieds de longueur et de dix de hauteur, bâti à neuf du côté de la muraille de la ville pour empêcher que de dessus ladite muraille on ne pût entrer dans ladite galerie, ny de ladite galerie sur ledit mur de ville, lequel…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esntinelles
- senitnelles
- senntinelles
- sentienlles
- sentinelels
- sentineles
- sentinelless
- sentinellse
- sentinleles
- sentinnelles
- sentnielles
- senttinelles
- setninelles
- snetinelles
- ssentinelles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sentinelles - 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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).