asphyxie

\as.fik.si\

/\as.fik.si\/ noun

The verdict

“asphyxie” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,107
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arrêt plus ou moins long de la respiration, produit par différentes causes, telles que la submersion, la strangulation, l’absorption de gaz irrespirables, la compression du thorax, le rétrécissemen...

Corpus desk

Index FR-asphyxie · asphyxie · French

asphyxie · rank #24,107 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,107
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH arsenic

Nearest frequency peer: arsenic (-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 « asphyxie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « asphyxie » 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 asphyxie
PropertyValue
Headwordasphyxie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\as.fik.si\
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,107
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « asphyxie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).asphyxiese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « arsenic » (#24,106), « athlétique » (#24,108), « arriverais » (#24,105). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « asphyxie » est au #24,107. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around asphyxie (IPA \as.fik.si\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,107 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Arrêt plus ou moins long de la respiration, produit par différentes causes, telles que la submersion, la strangulation, l’absorption de gaz irrespirables, la compression du thorax, le rétrécissemen...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for asphyxie, with forms such as "apshyxie", "ashpyxie", and "asphhyxie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is asphyxie, spelled A-S-P-H-Y-X-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arrêt plus ou moins long de la respiration, produit par différentes causes, telles que la submersion, la strangulation, l’absorption de gaz irrespirables, la compression du thorax, le rétrécissement du larynx, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce fait permet de prévoir l'utilité du spirophore pour combattre l’asphyxie due à l'abondance de mucosités bronchiques.
  2. Il était là, allongé, non pas serein, comme Kyo, avant de se tuer, avait pensé qu’il deviendrait, mais convulsé par l’asphyxie, déjà autre chose qu’un homme.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apshyxie
  • ashpyxie
  • asphhyxie
  • asphxyie
  • asphyixe
  • asphyxei
  • asphyxxie
  • asphyyxie
  • aspphyxie
  • aspyhxie
  • assphyxie
  • saphyxie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apshyxie2ashpyxie2asphhyxie1asphxyie2asphyixe2asphyxei2asphyxxie1asphyyxie1
Edit distance from "asphyxie"

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 "asphyxie"?
"asphyxie" is spelled A-S-P-H-Y-X-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \as.fik.si\.
What does "asphyxie" mean?
As a noun, "asphyxie" means: Arrêt plus ou moins long de la respiration, produit par différentes causes, telles que la submersion, la strangulation, l’absorption de gaz irrespirables, la compression du thorax, le rétrécissemen...
What are common misspellings of "asphyxie"?
Common misspellings include "apshyxie", "ashpyxie", "asphhyxie", "asphxyie", "asphyixe". The correct spelling is "asphyxie".
How do you pronounce "asphyxie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asphyxie" is \as.fik.si\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asphyxie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "asphyxie", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list