Alzheimer

\al.zaj.mœʁ\

/\al.zaj.mœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“Alzheimer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,302. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,302
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de maladie d’Alzheimer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alzheimer · Alzheimer · French

Alzheimer · rank #12,302 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,302
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH algues

Nearest frequency peer: algues (-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 « Alzheimer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Alzheimer » 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
Key facts for Alzheimer
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlzheimer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\al.zaj.mœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,302
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Alzheimer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Alzheimerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « algues » (#12,301), « anthropologie » (#12,303), « Ajaccio » (#12,300). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Alzheimer » est au #12,302. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Alzheimer (IPA \al.zaj.mœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,302 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Synonyme de maladie d’Alzheimer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Alzheimer, with forms such as "alhzeimer", "allzheimer", and "alzehimer". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Alzheimer, spelled A-L-Z-H-E-I-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de maladie d’Alzheimer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je n’ai que six photos de toi qui m’ont toutes été données par des cousines, les unes après l’inhumation de ma mère, les autres très récemment. Je n’en connaissais que deux, conservées par ma mère dans un tiroir de son armoire et qui ont disparu vers 1980, sans doute jetées par elle dans l’une de ses pulsions destructrices, avant-coureuses d’Alzheimer.
  2. Cette altération favorise l’apparition ou l’entretien d’un grand nombre de maladies chroniques : obésité, Alzheimer, MICI (maladies inflammatoires chroniques de l’intestin), insuffisance rénale, Parkinson, cancer colorectal…

Synonyms

maladie d'Alzheimer

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alhzeimer
  • allzheimer
  • alzehimer
  • alzheiemr
  • alzheimerr
  • alzheimmer
  • alzheimre
  • alzhemier
  • alzhheimer
  • alzhiemer
  • alzzheimer
  • azlheimer
  • lazheimer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Alzheimer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

alhzeimer2allzheimer1alzehimer2alzheiemr2alzheimerr1alzheimmer1alzheimre2alzhemier2
Edit distance from "Alzheimer"

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 "Alzheimer"?
"Alzheimer" is spelled A-L-Z-H-E-I-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \al.zaj.mœʁ\.
What does "Alzheimer" mean?
As a noun, "Alzheimer" means: Synonyme de maladie d’Alzheimer.
What are common misspellings of "Alzheimer"?
Common misspellings include "alhzeimer", "allzheimer", "alzehimer", "alzheiemr", "alzheimerr". The correct spelling is "Alzheimer".
How do you pronounce "Alzheimer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Alzheimer" is \al.zaj.mœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Alzheimer" come from?
"Alzheimer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list