édifier
\e.di.fje\
The verdict
“édifier” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #25,177 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #25,177
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Construire, en parlant des églises, des palais et de très grands bâtiments.
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 | édifier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.di.fje\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #25,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “édifier” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for édifier is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.di.fje\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,177 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for édifier, with forms such as "déifier", "edifier", and "éddifier". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "éditer", "épicier", "édifice", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 édifier, spelled É-D-I-F-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Construire, en parlant des églises, des palais et de très grands bâtiments.
- 2User de son autorité pour créer, organiser des institutions utiles.
- 3Porter à la piété, à la vertu, par l’exemple ou par le discours.
- 4Satisfaire par un bon procédé, donner bonne opinion de soi.
- 5Mettre quelqu’un à même d’apprécier une personne ou une chose.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: déifier,edifier,éddifier,édfiier,édifeir,édiffier,édifierr,édifire,édiifer,éidfier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of édifier - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "édifier"
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 “édifier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-D-I-F-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.di.fje\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “éditer” - see the side-by-side comparison. édifier vs éditer
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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