singles

\siŋ.ɡœl\

/\siŋ.ɡœl\/ noun

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The verdict

“singles” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,873. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,873
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-singles · singles · French

singles · rank #26,873 · 11 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,873
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH serrant

Nearest frequency peer: serrant (-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 « singles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « singles » 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).

singles vs songes
71% similar
singles vs singe
71% similar
singles vs sigle
71% similar

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

Key facts for singles
PropertyValue
Headwordsingles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\siŋ.ɡœl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,873
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « singles »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.singlesse 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 « serrant » (#26,872), « singulièrement » (#26,874), « scénique » (#26,871). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « singles » est au #26,873. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around singles (IPA \siŋ.ɡœl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,873 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de single.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for singles, with forms such as "isngles", "signles", and "singels". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "songes", "singe", "sigle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is singles, spelled S-I-N-G-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de single.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les derniers singles des units Printemps, Lily White et BiBi ont été révélés ! Leurs touts premiers costumes ont été remis à neuf afin de conclure en beauté.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isngles
  • signles
  • singels
  • singgles
  • singless
  • singlles
  • singlse
  • sinlges
  • sinngles
  • snigles
  • ssingles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

isngles2signles2singels2singgles1singless1singlles1singlse2sinlges2
Edit distance from "singles"

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

Same letter count

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

serrant#26,872souvenu#26,880synchro#26,884revêtir#26,854

Similar misspelling depth

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

soulevée11 variantsSarajevo11 variantssoutenez11 variantssalariée11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list