wells
\’wɛlz\
The verdict
“wells” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,825. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,825
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de well.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wells · wells · French
wells · rank #14,825 · 6 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,825
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH vérifiez
Nearest frequency peer: vérifiez (-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 « wells »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- vocal
vocal
85,179 corpus weight
- voyous
voyous
85,178 corpus weight
- vérifiez
vérifiez
85,177 corpus weight
- wells
wells
85,176 corpus weight
- Wright
Wright
85,175 corpus weight
- écologiste
écologiste
85,174 corpus weight
What this shows « wells » 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 | wells |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \’wɛlz\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « wells »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around wells (IPA \’wɛlz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,825 among 549 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de well.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for wells, with forms such as "ewlls", "wellss", and "wels". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Wes", "will", "Welt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 wells, spelled W-E-L-L-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de well.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewlls
- wellss
- wels
- welsl
- wlels
- wwells
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wells - 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.
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 "wells"?
What does "wells" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "wells"?
How do you pronounce "wells"?
What language does "wells" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wells", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).