symboles

\sɛ̃.bɔl\

/\sɛ̃.bɔl\/ noun

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The verdict

“symboles” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,245. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,245
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-symboles · symboles · French

symboles · rank #6,245 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,245
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH souffert

Nearest frequency peer: souffert (-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 « symboles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « symboles » 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).

symboles vs symbolisé
78% similar
symboles vs symbol
75% similar
symboles vs symbole
88% similar

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

Key facts for symboles
PropertyValue
Headwordsymboles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛ̃.bɔl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,245
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « symboles »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).symbolesse 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 « souffert » (#6,244), « technologique » (#6,246), « soif » (#6,243). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « symboles » est au #6,245. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around symboles (IPA \sɛ̃.bɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,245 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de symbole.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for symboles, with forms such as "smyboles", "ssymboles", and "sybmoles". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "symbolisé", "symbol", "symbole", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is symboles, spelled S-Y-M-B-O-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de symbole.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les maisons blanches se serrent autour de l’église-forteresse des Saintes-Maries, un des hauts symboles camarguais.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • smyboles
  • ssymboles
  • sybmoles
  • symbboles
  • symbloes
  • symboels
  • symboless
  • symbolles
  • symbolse
  • symmboles
  • symobles
  • syymboles
  • ysmboles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

smyboles2ssymboles1sybmoles2symbboles1symbloes2symboels2symboless1symbolles1
Edit distance from "symboles"

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 "symboles"?
"symboles" is spelled S-Y-M-B-O-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃.bɔl\.
What does "symboles" mean?
As a noun, "symboles" means: Pluriel de symbole.
What words are commonly confused with "symboles"?
"symboles" is commonly confused with "symbolisé", "symbol", "symbole". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "symboles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "symboles" is \sɛ̃.bɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "symboles" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

souffert#6,244transmis#6,250éloigner#6,261adorable#6,263

Similar misspelling depth

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

régionaux13 variantséclairage13 variantsantiquité13 variantsmaintient13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list