silhouettes

\si.lwɛt\

/\si.lwɛt\/ noun

The verdict

“silhouettes” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,032. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,032
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-silhouettes · silhouettes · French

silhouettes · rank #24,032 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #24,032
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH signalant

Nearest frequency peer: signalant (-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 « silhouettes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « silhouettes » 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).

silhouettes vs silhouette
91% similar

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

Key facts for silhouettes
PropertyValue
Headwordsilhouettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.lwɛt\
Letters11
Frequency rank#24,032
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « silhouettes »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « signalant » (#24,031), « silvio » (#24,033), « sevrage » (#24,030). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « silhouettes » est au #24,032. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around silhouettes (IPA \si.lwɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,032 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de silhouette.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for silhouettes, with forms such as "islhouettes", "sihlouettes", and "silhhouettes". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "silhouette", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is silhouettes, spelled S-I-L-H-O-U-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de silhouette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les silhouettes des buissons frangeaient son chemin et il allait, tête levée, respirant large.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • islhouettes
  • sihlouettes
  • silhhouettes
  • silhoeuttes
  • silhouetes
  • silhouetets
  • silhouettess
  • silhouettse
  • silhoutetes
  • silhuoettes
  • sillhouettes
  • silohuettes
  • slihouettes
  • ssilhouettes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of silhouettes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

islhouettes2sihlouettes2silhhouettes1silhoeuttes2silhouetes1silhouetets2silhouettess1silhouettse2
Edit distance from "silhouettes"

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

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 (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list