zélandais
\ze.lɑ̃.dɛ\
The verdict
“zélandais” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,422. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,422
- frequency rank, French
- 240
- “Z” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la Zélande, à ses habitants, les Zélandais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zelandais · zélandais · French
zélandais · rank #23,422 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #23,422
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 240
- PHOTO-FINISH WWE
Nearest frequency peer: WWE (-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 « zélandais »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Wisconsin
Wisconsin
76,583 corpus weight
- without
without
76,582 corpus weight
- WWE
WWE
76,581 corpus weight
- zélandais
zélandais
76,579 corpus weight
- égyptiennes
égyptiennes
76,577 corpus weight
- élise
élise
76,576 corpus weight
What this shows « zélandais » 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 | zélandais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ze.lɑ̃.dɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #23,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « zélandais »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around zélandais (IPA \ze.lɑ̃.dɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,422 among 240 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif à la Zélande, à ses habitants, les Zélandais.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for zélandais, with forms such as "zelandais", "zléandais", and "zzélandais". 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, "zélandaise", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is zélandais, spelled Z-É-L-A-N-D-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Relatif à la Zélande, à ses habitants, les Zélandais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zélandais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle avait le visage encadré, caché presque au fond d’une grande coiffe zélandaise qu’Abel lui avait rapportée de voyage et qu’elle avait mise aussitôt.
A voir la demeure, on l'eût dit échappée de quelque petite ville zélandaise, tant elle était menue et proprette.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- zelandais
- zléandais
- zzélandais
- zéalndais
- zéladnais
- zélanadis
- zélandaiss
- zélandasi
- zélanddais
- zélandias
- zélanndais
- zéllandais
- zélnadais
- ézlandais
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zélandais - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zélandais", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).