civilisée

\si.vi.li.ze\

/\si.vi.li.ze\/ adj

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The verdict

“civilisée” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,526. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,526
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de civilisé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-civilisee · civilisée · French

civilisée · rank #30,526 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #30,526
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH citez

Nearest frequency peer: citez (-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 « civilisée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « civilisée » 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).

civilisée vs civilité
78% similar

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

Key facts for civilisée
PropertyValue
Headwordcivilisée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\si.vi.li.ze\
Letters9
Frequency rank#30,526
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « civilisée »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.civiliséese 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 « citez » (#30,525), « Clare » (#30,527), « circulez » (#30,524). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « civilisée » est au #30,526. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around civilisée (IPA \si.vi.li.ze\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,526 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de civilisé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for civilisée, with forms such as "ccivilisée", "ciivlisée", and "civiilsée". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "civilité", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is civilisée, spelled C-I-V-I-L-I-S-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de civilisé.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccivilisée
  • ciivlisée
  • civiilsée
  • civilisee
  • civiliseé
  • civilissée
  • civiliése
  • civillisée
  • civilsiée
  • civliisée
  • civvilisée
  • cviilisée
  • icvilisée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccivilisée1ciivlisée2civiilsée2civilisee1civiliseé2civilissée1civiliése2civillisée1
Edit distance from "civilisée"

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 "civilisée"?
"civilisée" is spelled C-I-V-I-L-I-S-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \si.vi.li.ze\.
What does "civilisée" mean?
As an adjective, "civilisée" means: Féminin singulier de civilisé.
What words are commonly confused with "civilisée"?
"civilisée" is commonly confused with "civilité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "civilisée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "civilisée" is \si.vi.li.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "civilisée" come from?
"civilisée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cohérents#30,529chiffrées#30,518Confucius#30,534contracte#30,539

Similar misspelling depth

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

chimères13 variantsconseillée13 variantscosmiques13 variantscraignais13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list