items

\i.tɛm\

/\i.tɛm\/ noun

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The verdict

“items” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,024. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,024
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de item.

Corpus desk

Index FR-items · items · French

items · rank #25,024 · 5 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,024
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH Isidore

Nearest frequency peer: Isidore (-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 « items »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « items » 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).

items vs its
60% similar
items vs ITER
0% similar
items vs ives
60% similar

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

Key facts for items
PropertyValue
Headworditems
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.tɛm\
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,024
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « items »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).itemsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Isidore » (#25,023), « irréguliers » (#25,022), « lacan » (#25,026). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « items » est au #25,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around items (IPA \i.tɛm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,024 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de item.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for items, with forms such as "ietms", "itemms", and "itemss". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "its", "ITER", "ives", 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 items, spelled I-T-E-M-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de item.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Plusieurs items sont légèrement modifiés ou reformulés dans le but de faciliter la comparaison entre les différents groupes d’âge, de « victorianiser » le langage, de composer avec les ambiguïtés ou de conserver l’uniformité des codes de réponses avec ceux des systèmes d'information électroniques du DHS.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ietms
  • itemms
  • itemss
  • itesm
  • ittems

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of items - 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.

ietms2itemms1itemss1itesm2ittems1
Edit distance from "items"

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 "items"?
"items" is spelled I-T-E-M-S. The IPA pronunciation is \i.tɛm\.
What does "items" mean?
As a noun, "items" means: Pluriel de item.
What words are commonly confused with "items"?
"items" is commonly confused with "its", "ITER", "ives". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "items"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "items" is \i.tɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "items" come from?
"items" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lacan#25,026leave#25,029macho#25,032marta#25,037

Similar misspelling depth

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

mime5 variantshood5 variantsmule5 variantshait5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list