métaphorique
\me.ta.fɔ.ʁik\
The verdict
“métaphorique” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,413. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,413
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se rapporte à la métaphore.
Corpus desk
Index FR-metaphorique · métaphorique · French
métaphorique · rank #39,413 · 18 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #39,413
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH nagasaki
Nearest frequency peer: nagasaki (+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 « métaphorique »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- multicultur…
multiculturelle
60,591 corpus weight
- mélasse
mélasse
60,590 corpus weight
- métaphorique
métaphorique
60,588 corpus weight
- nagasaki
nagasaki
60,587 corpus weight
- nageoire
nageoire
60,586 corpus weight
- navas
navas
60,585 corpus weight
What this shows « métaphorique » 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 | métaphorique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \me.ta.fɔ.ʁik\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #39,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « métaphorique »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around métaphorique (IPA \me.ta.fɔ.ʁik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,413 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for métaphorique, with forms such as "metaphorique", "mmétaphorique", and "mtéaphorique". 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, "métaphysique", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is métaphorique, spelled M-É-T-A-P-H-O-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui se rapporte à la métaphore.
- 2Qui abonde en métaphores.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how métaphorique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De même, parce que l’Écriture (Deutéron., chap. IV, vers. 15) affirme directement (à ce qu’il pense) que Dieu est incorporel, sur la seule autorité de ce passage, et non sur l’autorité de la raison, nous sommes obligés de croire que Dieu n’a pas de corps ; et conséquemment, d’après la seule autorité de l’Écriture, nous devons donner un sens métaphorique à…
Car il n’échappera à personne que le Québec, pour l’instant, sauf de manière tout à fait métaphorique, n’a pas de citoyenneté. Il n’a pas le statut ni les privilèges d’un État souverain.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- metaphorique
- mmétaphorique
- mtéaphorique
- méatphorique
- métahporique
- métaphhorique
- métaphoirque
- métaphoriqeu
- métaphoriqque
- métaphoriuqe
- métaphorqiue
- métaphorrique
- métaphroique
- métapohrique
- métapphorique
- métpahorique
- méttaphorique
- émtaphorique
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of métaphorique - 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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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