cumin
\ky.mɛ̃\
The verdict
“cumin” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,704. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,704
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom usuel de Cuminum cyminum, plante herbacée annuelle de la famille des Apiaceae (Apiacées). → voir Cuminum
Corpus desk
Index FR-cumin · cumin · French
cumin · rank #40,704 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,704
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH CSN
Nearest frequency peer: CSN (-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 « cumin »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- craignons
craignons
59,300 corpus weight
- croûtes
croûtes
59,299 corpus weight
- CSN
CSN
59,298 corpus weight
- cumin
cumin
59,297 corpus weight
- cyclope
cyclope
59,296 corpus weight
- cédait
cédait
59,295 corpus weight
What this shows « cumin » 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 | cumin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ky.mɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #40,704 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cumin »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around cumin (IPA \ky.mɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,704 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cumin, with forms such as "ccumin", "cmuin", and "cuimn". 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, "cumul", "curie", "cum", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cumin, spelled C-U-M-I-N.
Definition
- 1Nom usuel de Cuminum cyminum, plante herbacée annuelle de la famille des Apiaceae (Apiacées). → voir Cuminum
- 2Graines de cette plante utilisées comme aromate.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cumin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chez moi, je ne cuisinerai jamais une épaule d’agneau s’il n’y a pas de cumin et de harissa.
Pline l’Ancien considère le cumin comme la meilleure des épices ; elle figure d’ailleurs dans presque toutes les recettes d’Apicius.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccumin
- cmuin
- cuimn
- cuminn
- cummin
- cumni
- ucmin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cumin - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).