Mahomet
\ma.ɔ.mɛ\
The verdict
“Mahomet” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,834
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prophète fondateur de l’islam (né vers 570 / décédé vers 632).
Corpus desk
Index FR-mahomet · Mahomet · French
Mahomet · rank #13,834 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #13,834
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mad
Nearest frequency peer: mad (-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 « Mahomet »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- législateur
législateur
86,170 corpus weight
- Léopold
Léopold
86,169 corpus weight
- mad
mad
86,168 corpus weight
- Mahomet
Mahomet
86,167 corpus weight
- martinez
martinez
86,166 corpus weight
- mate
mate
86,164 corpus weight
What this shows « Mahomet » 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 | Mahomet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ma.ɔ.mɛ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,834 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Mahomet »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Mahomet (IPA \ma.ɔ.mɛ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,834 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mahomet, with forms such as "amhomet", "mahhomet", and "mahmoet". 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, "Mehmet", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Mahomet, spelled M-A-H-O-M-E-T.
Definition
- 1Prophète fondateur de l’islam (né vers 570 / décédé vers 632).
- 2Forme francisée du prénom des sultans ottomans et califes de Cordoue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mahomet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lecteur, les Turcs croyent que cette nuit du voyage, Mahomet monta aux Cieux avec l'Ange Gabriel, il estoit monté sur un Burac blanc, qui est un animal partie mule, partie asne , & partie cheval.
Celui qui, se trouvant à la Mecque, irait insulter aux cendres de Mahomet, renverser ses autels, et troubler toute une mosquée, se ferait empaler, à coup sûr, et ne serait peut-être pas canonisé.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amhomet
- mahhomet
- mahmoet
- mahoemt
- mahomett
- mahommet
- mahomte
- maohmet
- mhaomet
- mmahomet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mahomet - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).