ermitage
\ɛʁ.mi.taʒ\
The verdict
“ermitage” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,349. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,349
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Habitation d’un ermite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ermitage · ermitage · French
ermitage · rank #29,349 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,349
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Epstein
Nearest frequency peer: Epstein (-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 « ermitage »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- enrichis
enrichis
70,655 corpus weight
- entrants
entrants
70,654 corpus weight
- Epstein
Epstein
70,653 corpus weight
- ermitage
ermitage
70,652 corpus weight
- Eudes
Eudes
70,650 corpus weight
- excision
excision
70,649 corpus weight
What this shows « ermitage » 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 | ermitage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛʁ.mi.taʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ermitage »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around ermitage (IPA \ɛʁ.mi.taʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,349 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ermitage, with forms such as "emritage", "erimtage", and "ermiatge". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ermite", "hermitage", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ermitage, spelled E-R-M-I-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Habitation d’un ermite.
- 2Groupement d’ermites.
- 3Lieu écarté, solitaire et champêtre, comme ceux que les ermites choisissent pour leur retraite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ermitage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Saint Renan, qui habitait un ermitage bâti en fascines sur le sommet, faisait le tour de cette montagne une fois par jour, muni d'une cloche qui annonçait son passage.
Comme le nouveau-né sort du sein de sa mère, l'ermite est enfanté à la vie spirituelle dans l'ermitage où il devient librement l'otage de Dieu.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emritage
- erimtage
- ermiatge
- ermitaeg
- ermitagge
- ermitgae
- ermittage
- ermmitage
- ermtiage
- errmitage
- remitage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ermitage - 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
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