modem
\mɔ.dɛm\
The verdict
“modem” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,697. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,697
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispositif qui transforme un signal numérique en un signal, souvent analogique, adapté aux caractéristiques d’une ligne de transmission, et inversement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-modem · modem · French
modem · rank #9,697 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,697
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mexicain
Nearest frequency peer: mexicain (-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 « modem »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- mas
mas
90,307 corpus weight
- maternité
maternité
90,306 corpus weight
- mexicain
mexicain
90,305 corpus weight
- modem
modem
90,304 corpus weight
- moindres
moindres
90,303 corpus weight
- moule
moule
90,302 corpus weight
What this shows « modem » 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 | modem |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.dɛm\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « modem »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around modem (IPA \mɔ.dɛm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,697 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dispositif qui transforme un signal numérique en un signal, souvent analogique, adapté aux caractéristiques d’une ligne de transmission, et inversement.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for modem, with forms such as "mdoem", "mmodem", and "moddem". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mom", "moe", "more", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is modem, spelled M-O-D-E-M.
Definition
- 1Dispositif qui transforme un signal numérique en un signal, souvent analogique, adapté aux caractéristiques d’une ligne de transmission, et inversement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how modem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Malgré l’étymologie de leur dénomination, les lignes ADSL ne sont pas numériques par nature, elles exigent l’utilisation d’un modem approprié à chacune de leurs extrémités.
S’il s’agit d’un modem analogique, il connecte sur un port série.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mdoem
- mmodem
- moddem
- modemm
- modme
- moedm
- omdem
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of modem - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).