égyptien
\e.ʒip.sjɛ̃\
The verdict
“égyptien” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,770. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,770
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De l’Égypte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-egyptien · égyptien · French
égyptien · rank #9,770 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,770
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH éphémère
Nearest frequency peer: éphémère (+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 « égyptien »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- visent
visent
90,234 corpus weight
- XVIe
XVIe
90,233 corpus weight
- égyptien
égyptien
90,231 corpus weight
- éphémère
éphémère
90,230 corpus weight
- équipée
équipée
90,229 corpus weight
- abondance
abondance
90,228 corpus weight
What this shows « égyptien » 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 | égyptien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.ʒip.sjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,770 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « égyptien »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around égyptien (IPA \e.ʒip.sjɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,770 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for égyptien, with forms such as "egyptien", "géyptien", and "éggyptien". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "égyptiens", "égyptienne", "Égypte", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is égyptien, spelled É-G-Y-P-T-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1De l’Égypte.
- 2Relatif à l’Égypte, à sa culture, à ses habitants.
- 3Relatif à l’égyptien ancien.
- 4Relatif à l’arabe égyptien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how égyptien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans le passé, on était musulman, cairote, damascène, saïdaoui, beyrouthin, bagdadi. Avec le nationalisme, on devint égyptien, syrien, libanais, irakien.
En un mot, il n'y avait pas de Zodiaque égyptien; et on le conçoit aisément, puisque les Égyptiens, peu curieux de suivre la marche des planètes, ne se préoccupaient pas de leur route oblique et avaient adopté une année réglée sur le lever des constellations équatoriales.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egyptien
- géyptien
- éggyptien
- égpytien
- égypiten
- égypptien
- égyptein
- égyptienn
- égyptine
- égypttien
- égytpien
- égyyptien
- éygptien
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of égyptien - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).