ermite

\ɛʁ.mit\

/\ɛʁ.mit\/ noun

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The verdict

“ermite” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,557. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,557
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Solitaire vivant dans un endroit retiré ou désert pour s’y livrer à des exercices de piété.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ermite · ermite · French

ermite · rank #22,557 · 8 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,557
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH escapade

Nearest frequency peer: escapade (+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 « ermite »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ermite » 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).

ermite vs évite
50% similar
ermite vs ernie
67% similar
ermite vs excite
67% similar

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

Key facts for ermite
PropertyValue
Headwordermite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛʁ.mit\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,557
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ermite »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ermitese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « escapade » (#22,558), « enlevant » (#22,555), « escouade » (#22,559). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « ermite » est au #22,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around ermite (IPA \ɛʁ.mit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,557 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ermite, with forms such as "emrite", "erimte", and "ermiet". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "évite", "ernie", "excite", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ermite, spelled E-R-M-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Solitaire vivant dans un endroit retiré ou désert pour s’y livrer à des exercices de piété.
  2. 2
    Celui, celle qui mène une vie retirée et loin de ses semblables.
  3. 3
    Neuvième atout du tarot de Marseille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quand le diable est vieux, il se fait ermite, se dit en parlant de quelqu’un qui, après avoir été libertin, devient dévot dans ses vieux jours.
  2. La plus sainte et la plus charmante des ermites Lève au ciel ses bras nus dans leurs manches de bure.

Synonyms

anachorèteermitane

This word in other languages

hermit(English)ermitaño(Español)Eremit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emrite
  • erimte
  • ermiet
  • ermitte
  • ermmite
  • ermtie
  • errmite
  • remite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ermite - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emrite2erimte2ermiet2ermitte1ermmite1ermtie2errmite1remite2
Edit distance from "ermite"

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 "ermite"?
"ermite" is spelled E-R-M-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛʁ.mit\.
What does "ermite" mean?
As a noun, "ermite" means: Solitaire vivant dans un endroit retiré ou désert pour s’y livrer à des exercices de piété.
What words are commonly confused with "ermite"?
"ermite" is commonly confused with "évite", "ernie", "excite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ermite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ermite" is \ɛʁ.mit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ermite" come from?
"ermite" 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 "ermite", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fayard#22,566dorées#22,543Dmitri#22,542diacre#22,540

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

cougar8 variantsheroes8 variantsjacuzzi8 variantsClint8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list