candide
\kɑ̃.did\
The verdict
“candide” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,508. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,508
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a de la candeur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-candide · candide · French
candide · rank #24,508 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,508
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Californien
Nearest frequency peer: Californien (-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 « candide »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Californien
Californien
75,494 corpus weight
- candide
candide
75,493 corpus weight
- canettes
canettes
75,492 corpus weight
- carrées
carrées
75,491 corpus weight
- CE2
CE2
75,490 corpus weight
- censurer
censurer
75,489 corpus weight
What this shows « candide » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | candide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.did\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,508 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « candide »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around candide (IPA \kɑ̃.did\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,508 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for candide, with forms such as "acndide", "cadnide", and "canddide". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "canine", "cantine", "caddie", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is candide, spelled C-A-N-D-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a de la candeur.
- 2Qui se rapporte à la candeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how candide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais quand la culture divine mondifie complètement les âmes, sont-elles assez candides et assez pures !
La simple et mâle dignité de son caractère se révèle à chaque page de cette défense, diffuse, sans art et singulièrement candide.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acndide
- cadnide
- canddide
- canddie
- candidde
- candied
- canidde
- canndide
- ccandide
- cnadide
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of candide - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "candide", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).