mammifère

\ma.mi.fɛʁ\

/\ma.mi.fɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“mammifère” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,611. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,611
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal qui porte des mamelles pour allaiter ses petits.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mammifere · mammifère · French

mammifère · rank #34,611 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #34,611
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mam

Nearest frequency peer: mam (-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 « mammifère »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mammifère » 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).

mammifère vs mammifères
90% similar

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

Key facts for mammifère
PropertyValue
Headwordmammifère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.mi.fɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#34,611
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mammifère »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mammifèrese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mam » (#34,610), « mangeons » (#34,612), « maltraiter » (#34,609). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mammifère » est au #34,611. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around mammifère (IPA \ma.mi.fɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,611 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for mammifère, with forms such as "ammmifère", "mamifère", and "mamimfère". 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, "mammifères", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mammifère, spelled M-A-M-M-I-F-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Animal qui porte des mamelles pour allaiter ses petits.
  2. 2
    Animal qui porte des mamelles pour allaiter ses petits.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Deux mammifères, tous deux de l’ordre des rongeurs, tous deux remarquables par leur fécondité, le rat et le lapin, profitèrent de cette absence de l’homme, et se disputèrent la possession de ces roches abandonnées.
  2. Nul autre pays au monde n’abrite davantage de mammifères. Quelques-unes des espèces les plus emblématiques, comme le jaguar et le loup à crinière, sont presque impossibles à apercevoir.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ammmifère
  • mamifère
  • mamimfère
  • mammfière
  • mammifere
  • mammiffère
  • mammifrèe
  • mammifèer
  • mammifèrre
  • mammièfre
  • mmamifère
  • mmammifère

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mammifère - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ammmifère2mamifère1mamimfère2mammfière2mammifere1mammiffère1mammifrèe2mammifèer2
Edit distance from "mammifère"

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 "mammifère"?
"mammifère" is spelled M-A-M-M-I-F-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.mi.fɛʁ\.
What does "mammifère" mean?
As a noun, "mammifère" means: Animal qui porte des mamelles pour allaiter ses petits.
What words are commonly confused with "mammifère"?
"mammifère" is commonly confused with "mammifères". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mammifère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mammifère" is \ma.mi.fɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mammifère" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list