blasphème

/\blas.fɛm\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,665

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

blasphème is aFrenchnoun. It means: Parole qui outrage la divinité ou qui insulte la religion. Pronounced \blas.fɛm\.

Key facts for blasphème
PropertyValue
Headwordblasphème
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\blas.fɛm\
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,665
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of blasphème in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for blasphème is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \blas.fɛm\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,665 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for blasphème, with forms such as "balsphème", "bblasphème", and "blapshème". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is blasphème, spelled B-L-A-S-P-H-È-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parole qui outrage la divinité ou qui insulte la religion.
  2. 2
    Juron.
  3. 3
    Discours ou propos injuste, déplacé.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: balsphème,bblasphème,blapshème,blashpème,blaspheme,blasphhème,blasphmèe,blasphèem,blasphèmme,blaspphème,blaspèhme,blassphème,bllasphème,blsaphème,lbasphème

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for blasphème

Misspelling Variants of "blasphème"

balsphème9bblasphème10blapshème9blashpème9blaspheme9blasphhème10blasphmèe9blasphèem9
Misspelling Variants of "blasphème"

Frequency rank: #18,665 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blasphème"?
"blasphème" is spelled B-L-A-S-P-H-È-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \blas.fɛm\.
What does "blasphème" mean?
As a noun, "blasphème" means: Parole qui outrage la divinité ou qui insulte la religion.
What are common misspellings of "blasphème"?
Common misspellings include "balsphème", "bblasphème", "blapshème", "blashpème", "blaspheme". The correct spelling is "blasphème".
How do you pronounce "blasphème"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blasphème" is \blas.fɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blasphème" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.