médecines

\med.sin\

/\med.sin\/ adj

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The verdict

“médecines” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,494. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,494
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de médecin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-medecines · médecines · French

médecines · rank #32,494 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,494
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH méconnaissable

Nearest frequency peer: méconnaissable (-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 « médecines »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « médecines » 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).

médecines vs médecins
89% similar
médecines vs medicine
67% similar
médecines vs médecin
78% similar

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

Key facts for médecines
PropertyValue
Headwordmédecines
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\med.sin\
Letters9
Frequency rank#32,494
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « médecines »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.médecinesse 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 « méconnaissable » (#32,493), « mélangées » (#32,495), « muqueuses » (#32,492). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « médecines » est au #32,494. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around médecines (IPA \med.sin\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,494 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de médecin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for médecines, with forms such as "mdéecines", "medecines", and "mmédecines". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "médecins", "medicine", "médecin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is médecines, spelled M-É-D-E-C-I-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de médecin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mdéecines
  • medecines
  • mmédecines
  • médceines
  • méddecines
  • médeccines
  • médeciens
  • médeciness
  • médecinnes
  • médecinse
  • médecnies
  • médeicnes
  • méedcines
  • émdecines

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of médecines - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mdéecines2medecines1mmédecines1médceines2méddecines1médeccines1médeciens2médeciness1
Edit distance from "médecines"

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 "médecines"?
"médecines" is spelled M-É-D-E-C-I-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \med.sin\.
What does "médecines" mean?
As an adjective, "médecines" means: Féminin pluriel de médecin.
What words are commonly confused with "médecines"?
"médecines" is commonly confused with "médecins", "medicine", "médecin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "médecines"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "médecines" is \med.sin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "médecines" come from?
"médecines" 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 "médecines", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

mélangées#32,495muqueuses#32,492montrerai#32,488nordistes#32,500

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

moisissures14 variantsnumérotés14 variantsmarécages14 variantsMadrilène14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list