Seychelles
\se.ʃɛl\
The verdict
“Seychelles” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,540. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,540
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Archipel de l’océan Indien, situé au nord de Madagascar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Seychelles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \se.ʃɛl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #29,540 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Seychelles” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Seychelles (IPA \se.ʃɛl\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #29,540 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Seychelles, with forms such as "esychelles", "secyhelles", and "seycchelles". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Seychelles, spelled S-E-Y-C-H-E-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Archipel de l’océan Indien, situé au nord de Madagascar.
- 2Pays occupant ces îles et ayant pour capitale Victoria.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esychelles
- secyhelles
- seycchelles
- seycehlles
- seychelels
- seycheles
- seychelless
- seychellse
- seychhelles
- seychleles
- seyhcelles
- seyychelles
- sseychelles
- syechelles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Seychelles - 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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Using “Seychelles”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E-Y-C-H-E-L-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \se.ʃɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.