Stendhal

\stɛ̃.dal\

/\stɛ̃.dal\/ name

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The verdict

“Stendhal” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,760. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,760
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de plume de Henri Beyle, écrivain français.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stendhal · Stendhal · French

Stendhal · rank #28,760 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,760
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stationnaire

Nearest frequency peer: stationnaire (-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 « Stendhal »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Stendhal » 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
Key facts for Stendhal
PropertyValue
HeadwordStendhal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\stɛ̃.dal\
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,760
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Stendhal »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Stendhalse 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 « stationnaire » (#28,759), « subissant » (#28,761), « spéculer » (#28,758). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Stendhal » est au #28,760. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Stendhal (IPA \stɛ̃.dal\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,760 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de plume de Henri Beyle, écrivain français.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stendhal, with forms such as "setndhal", "sstendhal", and "stednhal". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists 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 Stendhal, spelled S-T-E-N-D-H-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de plume de Henri Beyle, écrivain français.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et ce rare plaisir : entendre sans émotion le cuistre de service nous brailler aux oreilles : — Mais cômmmment peut-on ne pas aimer Stendhaaaal ? On peut.
  2. "Il n’y a de vérité que dans les détails" : c’est un froggie, Stendhal qu’il s’appelait, qui a dit ça…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • setndhal
  • sstendhal
  • stednhal
  • stendahl
  • stenddhal
  • stendhall
  • stendhhal
  • stendhla
  • stenhdal
  • stenndhal
  • stnedhal
  • sttendhal
  • tsendhal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

setndhal2sstendhal1stednhal2stendahl2stenddhal1stendhall1stendhhal1stendhla2
Edit distance from "Stendhal"

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 "Stendhal"?
"Stendhal" is spelled S-T-E-N-D-H-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \stɛ̃.dal\.
What does "Stendhal" mean?
As a proper noun, "Stendhal" means: Nom de plume de Henri Beyle, écrivain français.
What are common misspellings of "Stendhal"?
Common misspellings include "setndhal", "sstendhal", "stednhal", "stendahl", "stenddhal". The correct spelling is "Stendhal".
How do you pronounce "Stendhal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stendhal" is \stɛ̃.dal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stendhal" come from?
"Stendhal" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Stendhal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

spéculer#28,758spectres#28,756soulevés#28,753surgelés#28,767

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

vernissage13 variantssaisissent13 variantswarcraft13 variantséchappant13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list