subalternes

\sy.bal.tɛʁn\

/\sy.bal.tɛʁn\/ adj

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The verdict

“subalternes” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,053. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,053
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-subalternes · subalternes · French

subalternes · rank #38,053 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #38,053
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stressante

Nearest frequency peer: stressante (-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 « subalternes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « subalternes » 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).

subalternes vs subalterne
91% similar

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

Key facts for subalternes
PropertyValue
Headwordsubalternes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sy.bal.tɛʁn\
Letters11
Frequency rank#38,053
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « subalternes »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « stressante » (#38,052), « subjectifs » (#38,054), « sudistes » (#38,055). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « subalternes » est au #38,053. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around subalternes (IPA \sy.bal.tɛʁn\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,053 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de subalterne.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for subalternes, with forms such as "sbualternes", "ssubalternes", and "suablternes". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "subalterne", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 subalternes, spelled S-U-B-A-L-T-E-R-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de subalterne.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sbualternes
  • ssubalternes
  • suablternes
  • subaletrnes
  • suballternes
  • subaltenres
  • subalterens
  • subalterness
  • subalternnes
  • subalternse
  • subalterrnes
  • subaltrenes
  • subaltternes
  • subatlernes
  • subbalternes
  • sublaternes
  • usbalternes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sbualternes2ssubalternes1suablternes2subaletrnes2suballternes1subaltenres2subalterens2subalterness1
Edit distance from "subalternes"

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 "subalternes"?
"subalternes" is spelled S-U-B-A-L-T-E-R-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.bal.tɛʁn\.
What does "subalternes" mean?
As an adjective, "subalternes" means: Pluriel de subalterne.
What words are commonly confused with "subalternes"?
"subalternes" is commonly confused with "subalterne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "subalternes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "subalternes" is \sy.bal.tɛʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "subalternes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list