simples
\sɛ̃pl\
The verdict
“simples” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,596. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,596
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plantes condimentaires et médicinales telles que la lavande, le romarin, la sauge, le thym, la camomille, l’armoise, l’hysope, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-simples · simples · French
simples · rank #2,596 · 11 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,596
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH régler
Nearest frequency peer: régler (-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 « simples »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- propriétair…
propriétaires
97,409 corpus weight
- reconnaître
reconnaître
97,408 corpus weight
- régler
régler
97,406 corpus weight
- simples
simples
97,405 corpus weight
- spécialiste
spécialiste
97,404 corpus weight
- stage
stage
97,403 corpus weight
What this shows « simples » 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 | simples |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛ̃pl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « simples »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around simples (IPA \sɛ̃pl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,596 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Plantes condimentaires et médicinales telles que la lavande, le romarin, la sauge, le thym, la camomille, l’armoise, l’hysope, etc.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for simples, with forms such as "ismples", "simlpes", and "simmples". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "simulé", "simply", "simuler", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is simples, spelled S-I-M-P-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Plantes condimentaires et médicinales telles que la lavande, le romarin, la sauge, le thym, la camomille, l’armoise, l’hysope, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how simples appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les herbiers de matière médicale, notamment, qui ont pour objectif d’énumérer des simples utilisés dans la pharmacopée, comportent souvent des illustrations représentant chaque plante dont les propriétés médicales sont déclinées.
Il (l'ours d'Amérique du nord) dort une partie de l’hiver dans les tanières ou dans les arbres creux où il se retire. Lorsqu’aux premiers jours de mars il sort de son engourdissement, son premier soin est de se purger avec des simples.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ismples
- simlpes
- simmples
- simpels
- simpless
- simplles
- simplse
- simpples
- sipmles
- smiples
- ssimples
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of simples - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).