astronome

\as.tʁɔ.nɔm\

/\as.tʁɔ.nɔm\/ noun

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The verdict

“astronome” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,482. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,482
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spécialiste de l'astronomie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-astronome · astronome · French

astronome · rank #24,482 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,482
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH artisanal

Nearest frequency peer: artisanal (-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 « astronome »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « astronome » 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).

astronome vs autonome
78% similar
astronome vs astronomie
90% similar
astronome vs astronomes
90% similar

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

Key facts for astronome
PropertyValue
Headwordastronome
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\as.tʁɔ.nɔm\
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,482
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « astronome »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).astronomese 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 « artisanal » (#24,481), « attachent » (#24,483), « arrosage » (#24,480). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « astronome » est au #24,482. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around astronome (IPA \as.tʁɔ.nɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,482 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Spécialiste de l'astronomie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for astronome, with forms such as "asrtonome", "asstronome", and "astornome". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "autonome", "astronomie", "astronomes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is astronome, spelled A-S-T-R-O-N-O-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Spécialiste de l'astronomie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On ne s'étonnera donc pas que l’astronome de Greenwich eût été choisi pour opérer dans la circonstance suivante qui intéressait au plus haut point la science sélénographique.
  2. Mais on devrait se rappeler que pendant un long temps la coïncidence de la rotation de la Lune avec sa révolution sidérale, […], a été considérée comme un fait positivement miraculeux ; et qu’il y avait, même parmi les astronomes, une singulière disposition à attribuer cette merveille à l’agence directe et continue de Dieu, […].

This word in other languages

astronomer(English)astrónomo(Español)Astronom(Deutsch)astrônomo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asrtonome
  • asstronome
  • astornome
  • astrnoome
  • astronmoe
  • astronnome
  • astronoem
  • astronomme
  • astroonme
  • astrronome
  • asttronome
  • atsronome
  • satronome

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asrtonome2asstronome1astornome2astrnoome2astronmoe2astronnome1astronoem2astronomme1
Edit distance from "astronome"

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 "astronome"?
"astronome" is spelled A-S-T-R-O-N-O-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \as.tʁɔ.nɔm\.
What does "astronome" mean?
As a noun, "astronome" means: Spécialiste de l'astronomie.
What words are commonly confused with "astronome"?
"astronome" is commonly confused with "autonome", "astronomie", "astronomes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "astronome"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "astronome" is \as.tʁɔ.nɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "astronome" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

artisanal#24,481attachent#24,483animosité#24,472bretelles#24,499

Similar misspelling depth

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

apollinaire13 variantsbrigands13 variantsétatiques13 variantsénervant13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list