sépales

\se.pal\

/\se.pal\/ noun

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The verdict

“sépales” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,963. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,963
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de sépale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sepales · sépales · French

sépales · rank #49,963 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,963
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sánchez

Nearest frequency peer: Sánchez (-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 « sépales »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sépales » 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).

sépales vs seules
57% similar
sépales vs séparé
57% similar
sépales vs séparer
71% similar

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

Key facts for sépales
PropertyValue
Headwordsépales
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.pal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#49,963
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sépales »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sépalesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Sánchez » (#49,962), « sérénissime » (#49,964), « symbol » (#49,961). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sépales » est au #49,963. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sépales (IPA \se.pal\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,963 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de sépale.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sépales, with forms such as "sepales", "spéales", and "ssépales". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "seules", "séparé", "séparer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sépales, spelled S-É-P-A-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de sépale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les douze sépales soudés et composant un vase imperméable de couleur vert-Nil ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sepales
  • spéales
  • ssépales
  • séaples
  • sépaels
  • sépaless
  • sépalles
  • sépalse
  • séplaes
  • séppales
  • éspales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sépales - 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.

sepales1spéales2ssépales1séaples2sépaels2sépaless1sépalles1sépalse2
Edit distance from "sépales"

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 "sépales"?
"sépales" is spelled S-É-P-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \se.pal\.
What does "sépales" mean?
As a noun, "sépales" means: Pluriel de sépale.
What words are commonly confused with "sépales"?
"sépales" is commonly confused with "seules", "séparé", "séparer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sépales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sépales" is \se.pal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sépales" come from?
"sépales" 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 "sépales", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sánchez#49,962suggéra#49,957terrace#49,970stoïque#49,955

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Tadoussac11 variantsthermos11 variantstouchais11 variantstwister11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list