superficielles
\sy.pɛʁ.fi.sjɛl\
The verdict
“superficielles” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,552. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,552
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de superficiel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-superficielles · superficielles · French
superficielles · rank #26,552 · 19 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,552
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH structurels
Nearest frequency peer: structurels (-2 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 « superficielles »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Spears
Spears
73,454 corpus weight
- stocké
stocké
73,452 corpus weight
- structurels
structurels
73,451 corpus weight
- superficiel…
superficielles
73,449 corpus weight
- SVT
SVT
73,446 corpus weight
- tapette
tapette
73,444 corpus weight
What this shows « superficielles » 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 | superficielles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sy.pɛʁ.fi.sjɛl\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #26,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « superficielles »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around superficielles (IPA \sy.pɛʁ.fi.sjɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,552 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de superficiel.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for superficielles, with forms such as "spuerficielles", "ssuperficielles", and "sueprficielles". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "superficiels", "superficielle", "superficiel", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 superficielles, spelled S-U-P-E-R-F-I-C-I-E-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de superficiel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how superficielles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En été, elles se dessèchent et se crevassent, et les premières pluies de l’automne font couler dans les fentes les couches superficielles délayées, exposant ainsi des terrains toujours nouveaux à la surface.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- spuerficielles
- ssuperficielles
- sueprficielles
- supefricielles
- superfciielles
- superfficielles
- superficcielles
- superficeilles
- superficielels
- superficieles
- superficielless
- superficiellse
- superficileles
- superfiicelles
- superifcielles
- superrficielles
- supperficielles
- supreficielles
- usperficielles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of superficielles - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "superficielles", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).