œdème
\e.dɛm\
The verdict
“œdème” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #34,835 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #34,835
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Enflure non douloureuse, qui est produite par une infiltration séreuse dans les tissus et qui se distingue des autres enflures parce qu’elle garde quelque temps l’impression des doigts.
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 | œdème |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.dɛm\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #34,835 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “œdème” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for œdème is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.dɛm\. Corpus data places it at rank #34,835 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Enflure non douloureuse, qui est produite par une infiltration séreuse dans les tissus et qui se distingue des autres enflures parce qu’elle garde quelque temps l’impression des doigts.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for œdème, with forms such as "dœème", "œddème", and "œdeme". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dm", "des", "due", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is œdème, spelled Œ-D-È-M-E.
Definition
- 1Enflure non douloureuse, qui est produite par une infiltration séreuse dans les tissus et qui se distingue des autres enflures parce qu’elle garde quelque temps l’impression des doigts.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: dœème,œddème,œdeme,œdmèe,œdèem,œdèmme,œèdme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of œdème - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “œdème”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Œ-D-È-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.dɛm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dm” - see the side-by-side comparison. œdème vs dm
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.