éminence
\e.mi.nɑ̃s\
The verdict
“éminence” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,875. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,875
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu éminent ; monticule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eminence · éminence · French
éminence · rank #30,875 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,875
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH égarés
Nearest frequency peer: égarés (-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 « éminence »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- écolier
écolier
69,129 corpus weight
- éditoriaux
éditoriaux
69,128 corpus weight
- égarés
égarés
69,127 corpus weight
- éminence
éminence
69,126 corpus weight
- épargnants
épargnants
69,125 corpus weight
- épouvante
épouvante
69,124 corpus weight
What this shows « éminence » 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 | éminence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.mi.nɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #30,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éminence »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around éminence (IPA \e.mi.nɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,875 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for éminence, with forms such as "eminence", "méinence", and "éimnence". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "exigence", "éminents", "evidence", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is éminence, spelled É-M-I-N-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Lieu éminent ; monticule.
- 2Saillie.
- 3Titre d’honneur qu’on donne aux cardinaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how éminence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des maladies pestilentielles désolaient de plus les Gaulois campés dans des bas-fonds, au milieu d'un cercle d’éminences et sur un terrain brûlant, que tant d'incendies avaient imprégné d'exhalaisons enflammées, et où le moimdre vent les offusquait de poussière et de cendre.
Les membres de la commission furent logés à l’établissement des missionnaires, vaste case proprement bâtie sur une éminence.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eminence
- méinence
- éimnence
- émiennce
- éminecne
- éminencce
- éminenec
- éminennce
- éminnece
- éminnence
- émminence
- émnience
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of éminence - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 (12 here; floor ≥5).