math
\mat\
The verdict
“math” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,994. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,994
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de maths.
Corpus desk
Index FR-math · math · French
math · rank #11,994 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,994
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Marseillaise
Nearest frequency peer: Marseillaise (-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 « math »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- lentilles
lentilles
88,010 corpus weight
- mare
mare
88,009 corpus weight
- Marseillaise
Marseillaise
88,008 corpus weight
- math
math
88,007 corpus weight
- mensuelle
mensuelle
88,006 corpus weight
- mia
mia
88,004 corpus weight
What this shows « math » 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 | math |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mat\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « math »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around math (IPA \mat\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,994 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante orthographique de maths.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for math, with forms such as "amth", "maht", and "mathh". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mt", "mH", "mot", and more, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is math, spelled M-A-T-H.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de maths.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how math appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il ne savait pas le latin (comme tous les généraux) mais il était formidable en « math », science indispensable aux officiers supérieurs, qui doivent savoir calculer (sans papier, ni crayon) le nombre d’hommes, de rations, de cartouches, de kilomètres, d’ennemis, de prisonniers, de pansements, de décorations et même de cercueils qu’exigent, à chaque insta…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amth
- maht
- mathh
- matth
- mmath
- mtah
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of math - 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.
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 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).