Mitterrand
\mi.tɛ.ʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“Mitterrand” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,738. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,738
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille français, surtout connu pour François Mitterrand (1916-1996)
Corpus desk
Index FR-mitterrand · Mitterrand · French
Mitterrand · rank #8,738 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,738
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH menton
Nearest frequency peer: menton (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Mitterrand”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mar
mar
91,266 corpus weight
- marchandise
marchandise
91,265 corpus weight
- menton
menton
91,264 corpus weight
- Mitterrand
Mitterrand
91,263 corpus weight
- mou
mou
91,262 corpus weight
- natation
natation
91,261 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Mitterrand” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mitterrand |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mi.tɛ.ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #8,738 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “Mitterrand” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Mitterrand (IPA \mi.tɛ.ʁɑ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,738 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille français, surtout connu pour François Mitterrand (1916-1996)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mitterrand, with forms such as "imtterrand", "miterrand", and "mitetrrand". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Mitterrand, spelled M-I-T-T-E-R-R-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille français, surtout connu pour François Mitterrand (1916-1996)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mitterrand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Canal+ a été créée par l’un des plus proches confidents et conseillers de François Mitterrand, alors président de la République, André Rousselet.
Elle a lu d’innombrables livres sur les femmes de présidents et appris comment Anne-Aymone Giscard d’Estaing mais aussi Danielle Mitterrand avaient été caricaturées.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imtterrand
- miterrand
- mitetrrand
- mitterand
- mitterarnd
- mitterradn
- mitterrandd
- mitterrannd
- mitterrnad
- mittrerand
- mmitterrand
- mtiterrand
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mitterrand - 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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.