informaticien
\ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.ti.sjɛ̃\
The verdict
“informaticien” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,169. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,169
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Professionnel travaillant à l’étude des ordinateurs ou logiciels et notamment de leurs systèmes d’exploitation, des systèmes de communication entre ordinateurs, des appareils fixes ou mobiles utili...
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 | informaticien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.ti.sjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #20,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “informaticien” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around informaticien (IPA \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.ti.sjɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,169 among 142,603 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Professionnel travaillant à l’étude des ordinateurs ou logiciels et notamment de leurs systèmes d’exploitation, des systèmes de communication entre ordinateurs, des appareils fixes ou mobiles utili...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for informaticien, with forms such as "ifnormaticien", "infformaticien", and "infomraticien". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "informaticiens", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is informaticien, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-C-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Professionnel travaillant à l’étude des ordinateurs ou logiciels et notamment de leurs systèmes d’exploitation, des systèmes de communication entre ordinateurs, des appareils fixes ou mobiles utilisant des programmes.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ifnormaticien,infformaticien,infomraticien,inforamticien,informaitcien,informatciien,informaticcien,informaticein,informaticienn,informaticine,informatiicen,informatticien,informmaticien,informtaicien,inforrmaticien,infromaticien,innformaticien,inofrmaticien,niformaticien
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of informaticien - 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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Using “informaticien”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-C-I-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.ti.sjɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “informaticiens” - see the side-by-side comparison. informaticien vs informaticiens
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.