firme
\fiʁm\
The verdict
“firme” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,244
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désignation légale d'une société, d'une entreprise, raison sociale, enseigne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-firme · firme · French
firme · rank #8,244 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,244
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH expulsion
Nearest frequency peer: expulsion (-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 « firme »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Expo
Expo
91,760 corpus weight
- exportation
exportation
91,759 corpus weight
- expulsion
expulsion
91,758 corpus weight
- firme
firme
91,757 corpus weight
- fondement
fondement
91,756 corpus weight
- forcée
forcée
91,755 corpus weight
What this shows « firme » 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 | firme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fiʁm\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « firme »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around firme (IPA \fiʁm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,244 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for firme, with forms such as "ffirme", "fimre", and "firem". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fixe", "free", "fume", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented 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 firme, spelled F-I-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1Désignation légale d'une société, d'une entreprise, raison sociale, enseigne.
- 2Grosse entreprise commerciale, qui possède des filiales ou des succursales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how firme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une clientèle est quelque chose en Angleterre. Aussi une enseigne, une firme avantageusement connue se transmet-elle comme un trésor de grande valeur.
Mais, pour éviter qu'on ne me fasse responsable d'attitudes et d'actes que l'amitié seule me retient de désavouer, mieux vaudra bientôt changer la firme de la maison et renoncer à une solidarité compromettante et mensongère. Je crois avec Copeau qu'il est bon que Gallimard décide, et décide seul ; mais alors il devient nécessaire qu'il signe, et seul, ses…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffirme
- fimre
- firem
- firmme
- firrme
- frime
- ifrme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of firme - 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.
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 "firme", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).