atome

\a.tom\

/\a.tom\/ noun

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The verdict

“atome” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,092. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,092
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Composant de la matière, plus petite partie d’un corps simple pouvant se combiner avec une autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-atome · atome · French

atome · rank #15,092 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,092
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH arrêtées

Nearest frequency peer: arrêtées (-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 « atome »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « atome » 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).

atome vs atos
60% similar
atome vs avoué
40% similar
atome vs atout
60% similar

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

Key facts for atome
PropertyValue
Headwordatome
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.tom\
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,092
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « atome »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).atomese 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 « arrêtées » (#15,091), « australiens » (#15,093), « armistice » (#15,090). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « atome » est au #15,092. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around atome (IPA \a.tom\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,092 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for atome, with forms such as "aotme", "atmoe", and "atoem". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "atos", "avoué", "atout", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is atome, spelled A-T-O-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Composant de la matière, plus petite partie d’un corps simple pouvant se combiner avec une autre.
  2. 2
    Énergie nucléaire.
  3. 3
    Pour exprimer l’extrême petitesse de certains corps relativement à d’autres, ou à l’espace dans lequel ils existent.
  4. 4
    Corps regardé comme indivisible, à cause de son extrême petitesse.
  5. 5
    Grains minuscules de poussière qui voltigent en l’air et que l’on aperçoit lorsqu’un rayon du soleil pénètre dans un endroit obscur ou ombragé.
  6. 6
    (Arachnides) Synonyme désuet de trombidion (note: l'ancien nom du genre Trombidium était Atomus).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Or ces atomes n’ont pas pu être créés dans les étoiles, mais seulement dans les conditions ultradenses et chaudes prévues par les modèles de Big Bang.
  2. Cela me troublait alors ― Car alors j'étais une Enfant ― De conclure qu'un atome ― tombait ― Alors que le ciel ― tenait ―

This word in other languages

atom(English)átomo(Español)Atom(Deutsch)átomo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aotme
  • atmoe
  • atoem
  • atomme
  • attome
  • taome

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aotme2atmoe2atoem2atomme1attome1taome2
Edit distance from "atome"

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 "atome"?
"atome" is spelled A-T-O-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tom\.
What does "atome" mean?
As a noun, "atome" means: Composant de la matière, plus petite partie d’un corps simple pouvant se combiner avec une autre.
What words are commonly confused with "atome"?
"atome" is commonly confused with "atos", "avoué", "atout". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "atome"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atome" is \a.tom\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atome" come from?
"atome" 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 "atome", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aidée#15,081combo#15,110crues#15,117years#15,065

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

alliée6 variantscils6 variantswang6 variantsdawn6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list