filmer

\fil.me\

/\fil.me\/ verb

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The verdict

“filmer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,962. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,962
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enregistrer une suite d'images animées sur une pellicule sensible à l'aide d'une caméra (le son est souvent enregistré en même temps).

Corpus desk

Index FR-filmer · filmer · French

filmer · rank #7,962 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,962
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH festivals

Nearest frequency peer: festivals (-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 « filmer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « filmer » 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).

filmer vs films
67% similar
filmer vs fumer
67% similar
filmer vs fixer
67% similar

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

Key facts for filmer
PropertyValue
Headwordfilmer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fil.me\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,962
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « filmer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).filmerse 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 « festivals » (#7,961), « fonder » (#7,963), « fabricants » (#7,960). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « filmer » est au #7,962. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around filmer (IPA \fil.me\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,962 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for filmer, with forms such as "ffilmer", "filemr", and "fillmer". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "films", "fumer", "fixer", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is filmer, spelled F-I-L-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enregistrer une suite d'images animées sur une pellicule sensible à l'aide d'une caméra (le son est souvent enregistré en même temps).
  2. 2
    Enregistrer des images animées par tout moyen technologique moderne.
  3. 3
    Recouvrir un objet ou un aliment d’une pellicule de cellophane par exemple, en vue de le protéger.
  4. 4
    Photographier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans la baie de Panama, j'avais été environné de nombreuses baleines (probablement baleœopteris musculus) et j'avais pu filmer leurs évolutions.
  2. Comme Lagardère jouait les étonnés, le fonctionnaire lui expliqua qu'une caméra de surveillance avait filmé un triple assassinat dans ce quartier.

Synonyms

tourner

This word in other languages

film(English)filmar(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffilmer
  • filemr
  • fillmer
  • filmerr
  • filmmer
  • filmre
  • fimler
  • flimer
  • iflmer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffilmer1filemr2fillmer1filmerr1filmmer1filmre2fimler2flimer2
Edit distance from "filmer"

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 "filmer"?
"filmer" is spelled F-I-L-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fil.me\.
What does "filmer" mean?
As a verb, "filmer" means: Enregistrer une suite d'images animées sur une pellicule sensible à l'aide d'une caméra (le son est souvent enregistré en même temps).
What words are commonly confused with "filmer"?
"filmer" is commonly confused with "films", "fumer", "fixer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "filmer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "filmer" is \fil.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "filmer" come from?
"filmer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fonder#7,963grasse#7,967humble#7,973claque#7,942

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

inquiet9 variantsJuliette9 variantsbourses9 variantsauberge9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list