Hamlet
\am.lɛt\
The verdict
“Hamlet” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,961. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,961
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Héros tragique d’une pièce de théâtre de Shakespeare du même nom, prince de Danemark chargé par son fantôme de venger l’assassinat de son père.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hamlet · Hamlet · French
Hamlet · rank #21,961 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,961
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH handicapée
Nearest frequency peer: handicapée (+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 « Hamlet »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- guichets
guichets
78,043 corpus weight
- guidon
guidon
78,042 corpus weight
- Hamlet
Hamlet
78,040 corpus weight
- handicapée
handicapée
78,039 corpus weight
- Hannibal
Hannibal
78,038 corpus weight
- holly
holly
78,037 corpus weight
What this shows « Hamlet » 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 | Hamlet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \am.lɛt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,961 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Hamlet »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Hamlet (IPA \am.lɛt\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,961 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hamlet, with forms such as "ahmlet", "halmet", and "hamelt". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "hampe", "Harley", "Harlem", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Hamlet, spelled H-A-M-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Héros tragique d’une pièce de théâtre de Shakespeare du même nom, prince de Danemark chargé par son fantôme de venger l’assassinat de son père.
- 2Nom du père de Hamlet, feu roi de Danemark, dans la même pièce.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hamlet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le mal de Hamlet, il le porte en soi et le serre précieusement contre son âme comme chacun étreint les misères qui le font soi-même.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahmlet
- halmet
- hamelt
- hamlett
- hamllet
- hamlte
- hammlet
- hhamlet
- hmalet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hamlet - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).