Wilfried
\wil.fʁid\
The verdict
“Wilfried” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,298. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,298
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wilfried · Wilfried · French
Wilfried · rank #31,298 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #31,298
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH Wallis
Nearest frequency peer: Wallis (-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 « Wilfried »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- volatiles
volatiles
68,706 corpus weight
- voleuse
voleuse
68,705 corpus weight
- Wallis
Wallis
68,704 corpus weight
- Wilfried
Wilfried
68,703 corpus weight
- Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg
68,702 corpus weight
- Yorkshire
Yorkshire
68,701 corpus weight
What this shows « Wilfried » 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 | Wilfried |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \wil.fʁid\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #31,298 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Wilfried »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Wilfried (IPA \wil.fʁid\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,298 among 549 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wilfried, with forms such as "iwlfried", "wiflried", and "wilffried". 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, "Wilfrid", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Wilfried, spelled W-I-L-F-R-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wilfried appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Karsten Warholm s’est nettement imposé en 47 sec 12 devant Wilfried Happio (48.56) et le Turc Yasmani Copello (48.78), qui a privé le Français Ludvy Vaillant de la médaille de bronze pour un centième de seconde (4ᵉ en 48.79).
« On ne promet à personne l’argent facile ou la richesse, c’est uniquement le fruit d’efforts personnels », prévient Wilfried Rivière, fondateur d’Emrys, une coopérative de consommateurs qu’il qualifie de « sociale et solidaire ».
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwlfried
- wiflried
- wilffried
- wilfired
- wilfreid
- wilfride
- wilfriedd
- wilfrried
- willfried
- wilrfied
- wlifried
- wwilfried
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wilfried - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Wilfried"?
What does "Wilfried" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Wilfried"?
How do you pronounce "Wilfried"?
What language does "Wilfried" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wilfried", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).