item
\i.tɛm\
The verdict
“item” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #19,048) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #19,048
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De même, également.
Corpus desk
Index FR-item · item · French
item · rank #19,048 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,048
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH Irène
Nearest frequency peer: Irène (-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 “item”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- instruire
instruire
80,956 corpus weight
- introduits
introduits
80,955 corpus weight
- Irène
Irène
80,954 corpus weight
- item
item
80,953 corpus weight
- journalisti…
journalistique
80,952 corpus weight
- Katy
Katy
80,950 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “item” 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 | item |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \i.tɛm\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #19,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “item” se place dans la fréquence du français
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for item is neighbouring look-alikes ("its", "ive", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced \i.tɛm\. Frequency #19,048 among 3,561 “I” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for item, with forms such as "ietm", "itemm", and "ittem". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "its", "ive", "ixe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is item, spelled I-T-E-M.
Definition
- 1De même, également.
- 2De plus, en outre. On s’en sert dans les comptes, dans les états que l’on fait.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how item appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Item, mon corps j’ordonne et laisse A nostre grand mère la terre ; Les vers n’y trouveront grand gresse : Trop lui a faict faim dure guerre.. […]
Mon entrepreneur me demande tant pour ceci, item pour cela…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ietm
- itemm
- ittem
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of item - 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 "item", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
You've looked up "item". Here's where to go from here.
- "item" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "its". View pair
- 3 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #19,048 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "I" letter cohort. I–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.