existence
\ɛɡ.zis.tɑ̃s\
The verdict
“existence” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,564. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,564
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fait d’être, état de ce qui existe ; par exemple le fait d’être d’une manière absolue, ou pour la perception, ou encore pour la conscience.
Corpus desk
Index FR-existence · existence · French
existence · rank #1,564 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,564
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH espoir
Nearest frequency peer: espoir (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “existence”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- empire
empire
98,440 corpus weight
- entièrement
entièrement
98,439 corpus weight
- espoir
espoir
98,438 corpus weight
- existence
existence
98,437 corpus weight
- exploitation
exploitation
98,436 corpus weight
- fonctions
fonctions
98,435 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “existence” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | existence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛɡ.zis.tɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “existence” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around existence (IPA \ɛɡ.zis.tɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,564 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for existence, with forms such as "eixstence", "exisetnce", and "exisstence". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "existent", "existences", "exigence", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is existence, spelled E-X-I-S-T-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Fait d’être, état de ce qui existe ; par exemple le fait d’être d’une manière absolue, ou pour la perception, ou encore pour la conscience.
- 2Vie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how existence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je crois confusément à beaucoup de choses ; par dessus tout, à l’existence de Dieu, sinon aux dogmes de la religion ; […].
Il semble donc qu'on est en droit de conclure à l’existence d'un large mouvement humain se dirigeant, vers l'époque quaternaire, de l'Est du vieux monde à l'Ouest du nouveau.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eixstence
- exisetnce
- exisstence
- existecne
- existencce
- existenec
- existennce
- existnece
- existtence
- exitsence
- exsitence
- exxistence
- xeistence
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of existence - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "existence", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "existence" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "existent". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,564 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.