Andromède

\ɑ̃.dʁɔ.mɛd\

/\ɑ̃.dʁɔ.mɛd\/ name

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The verdict

“Andromède” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,992. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,992
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fille de Céphée et femme de Persée, que la fable disait avoir été transportée au ciel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-andromede · Andromède · French

Andromède · rank #45,992 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #45,992
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ambigus

Nearest frequency peer: ambigus (-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 « Andromède »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Andromède » 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).

Andromède vs androïde
67% similar

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

Key facts for Andromède
PropertyValue
HeadwordAndromède
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɑ̃.dʁɔ.mɛd\
Letters9
Frequency rank#45,992
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Andromède »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Andromèdese 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 « ambigus » (#45,991), « animera » (#45,993), « almost » (#45,990). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Andromède » est au #45,992. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Andromède (IPA \ɑ̃.dʁɔ.mɛd\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #45,992 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Andromède, with forms such as "adnromède", "anddromède", and "andormède". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "androïde", 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 Andromède, spelled A-N-D-R-O-M-È-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fille de Céphée et femme de Persée, que la fable disait avoir été transportée au ciel.
  2. 2
    Constellation du ciel boréal, bordée par Cassiopée, le Lézard, Pégase, les Poissons, le Triangle et Persée.
  3. 3
    La galaxie d’Andromède (M31).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et tous, le shérif, le surveillant, le juge et le commodore étaient autour d’elle comme ces monstres obscènes qui sortaient de la mer pour dévorer Andromède.
  2. Plus la [Grande] Comète [de 1556] approchoit de Saturne, plus son mouvement se ralentissoit : Saturne étoit alors sous le Poisson boréal, dans le signe du Bélier ; la Comète le joignit, après s’être arrêtée quelque temps dans les chaînes d’Andromède.

This word in other languages

Andromeda(English)Andromeda(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adnromède
  • anddromède
  • andormède
  • andrmoède
  • andromdèe
  • andromede
  • andrommède
  • andromèdde
  • andromèed
  • androèmde
  • andrromède
  • anndromède
  • anrdomède
  • nadromède

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

adnromède2anddromède1andormède2andrmoède2andromdèe2andromede1andrommède1andromèdde1
Edit distance from "Andromède"

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 "Andromède"?
"Andromède" is spelled A-N-D-R-O-M-È-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.dʁɔ.mɛd\.
What does "Andromède" mean?
As a proper noun, "Andromède" means: Fille de Céphée et femme de Persée, que la fable disait avoir été transportée au ciel.
What words are commonly confused with "Andromède"?
"Andromède" is commonly confused with "androïde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Andromède"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Andromède" is \ɑ̃.dʁɔ.mɛd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Andromède" come from?
"Andromède" 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 "Andromède", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list