alarme

\a.laʁm\

/\a.laʁm\/ noun

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The verdict

“alarme” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,831. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,831
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Signal pour faire courir aux armes ou pour appeler au secours.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alarme · alarme · French

alarme · rank #5,831 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,831
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH adoptée

Nearest frequency peer: adoptée (-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 « alarme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « alarme » 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).

alarme vs armé
50% similar
alarme vs avare
67% similar
alarme vs alerte
67% similar

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

Key facts for alarme
PropertyValue
Headwordalarme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.laʁm\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,831
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « alarme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.alarmese 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 « adoptée » (#5,830), « ancêtres » (#5,832), « absurde » (#5,829). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alarme » est au #5,831. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around alarme (IPA \a.laʁm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,831 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for alarme, with forms such as "aalrme", "alamre", and "alarem". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "armé", "avare", "alerte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is alarme, spelled A-L-A-R-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Signal pour faire courir aux armes ou pour appeler au secours.
  2. 2
    Émotion causée dans un camp, dans une place de guerre, à l’approche ou sur le bruit de l’approche des ennemis.
  3. 3
    Toute sorte de frayeur subite.
  4. 4
    Inquiétude, souci, chagrin.
  5. 5
    Signal avertissant d'un danger.
  6. 6
    Appareil déclenchant ce signal.
  7. 7
    (Par atténuation) Avertissement sonore et visuel pour rappeler un événement, un rendez-vous, de la part du logiciel (application) gestionnaire d’emploi du temps sur un ordinateur ou un téléphone portable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chaude alarme. Fausse alarme. Sonner l’alarme. Canon d’alarme. Cloche d’alarme.
  2. Par exemple, supposons que lorsqu’un singe pousse un cri d’alarme, les autres membres du groupe en bénéficient, et les bénéfices totaux pour tous les membres du groupe dépassent le coût nécessaire pour pousser le cri.

This word in other languages

alarm(English)alarma(Español)Alarm(Deutsch)alarma(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aalrme
  • alamre
  • alarem
  • alarmme
  • alarrme
  • allarme
  • alrame
  • laarme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aalrme2alamre2alarem2alarmme1alarrme1allarme1alrame2laarme2
Edit distance from "alarme"

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 "alarme"?
"alarme" is spelled A-L-A-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.laʁm\.
What does "alarme" mean?
As a noun, "alarme" means: Signal pour faire courir aux armes ou pour appeler au secours.
What words are commonly confused with "alarme"?
"alarme" is commonly confused with "armé", "avare", "alerte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alarme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alarme" is \a.laʁm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alarme" come from?
"alarme" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Angers#5,833Arnaud#5,835attiré#5,836Venise#5,826

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

testé8 variantsterrasse8 variantsréglé8 variantscrises8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list