Erasmus

\e.ʁas.mus\

/\e.ʁas.mus\/ noun

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The verdict

“Erasmus” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,260. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,260
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Programme d’échange d’étudiants et d’enseignants entre les universités et les grandes écoles européennes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-erasmus · Erasmus · French

Erasmus · rank #22,260 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #22,260
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH eurovision

Nearest frequency peer: eurovision (+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 « Erasmus »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Erasmus » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Erasmus vs Érasme
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Erasmus
PropertyValue
HeadwordErasmus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ʁas.mus\
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,260
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Erasmus »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Erasmusse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « eurovision » (#22,261), « entretenus » (#22,258), « examinée » (#22,262). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « Erasmus » est au #22,260. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Erasmus (IPA \e.ʁas.mus\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,260 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Programme d’échange d’étudiants et d’enseignants entre les universités et les grandes écoles européennes.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Erasmus, with forms such as "earsmus", "eramsus", and "erasmmus". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Érasme", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Erasmus, spelled E-R-A-S-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Programme d’échange d’étudiants et d’enseignants entre les universités et les grandes écoles européennes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Erasmus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Erasmus fait partie du programme de l’UE pour l’éducation et la formation tout au long de la vie (programme EFTLV), dont il représente plus de 40 % du budget.
  2. Il faut bien se rendre compte qu’à l’époque les bourses Erasmus, qui devaient plus tard tellement faciliter les échanges sexuels entre étudiants européens, n’existaient pas, et qu’un des seuls lieux possibles de drague d’étudiantes étrangères était la Cité Internationale Universitaire du boulevard Jourdan.

This word in other languages

Erasmus(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • earsmus
  • eramsus
  • erasmmus
  • erasmsu
  • erasmuss
  • erassmus
  • erasums
  • errasmus
  • ersamus
  • reasmus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Erasmus - 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.

earsmus2eramsus2erasmmus1erasmsu2erasmuss1erassmus1erasums2errasmus1
Edit distance from "Erasmus"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Erasmus"?
"Erasmus" is spelled E-R-A-S-M-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʁas.mus\.
What does "Erasmus" mean?
As a noun, "Erasmus" means: Programme d’échange d’étudiants et d’enseignants entre les universités et les grandes écoles européennes.
What words are commonly confused with "Erasmus"?
"Erasmus" is commonly confused with "Érasme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Erasmus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Erasmus" is \e.ʁas.mus\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Erasmus" come from?
"Erasmus" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Erasmus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list