modifie
\mɔ.di.fi\
The verdict
“modifie” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,538. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,538
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de modifier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-modifie · modifie · French
modifie · rank #10,538 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,538
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH model
Nearest frequency peer: model (-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 « modifie »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Manon
Manon
89,466 corpus weight
- matrice
matrice
89,465 corpus weight
- model
model
89,464 corpus weight
- modifie
modifie
89,463 corpus weight
- montants
montants
89,462 corpus weight
- mortelle
mortelle
89,461 corpus weight
What this shows « modifie » 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 | modifie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɔ.di.fi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « modifie »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around modifie (IPA \mɔ.di.fi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,538 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for modifie, with forms such as "mdoifie", "mmodifie", and "moddifie". 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. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "moitié", "moisie", "modique", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is modifie, spelled M-O-D-I-F-I-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de modifier.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de modifier.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de modifier.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de modifier.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de modifier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how modifie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mac Lean au fond dans sa technique ne modifie que d’une façon minime celle de Bang, remplaçant, pour désalbuminer, le chlorure de potassium par l’hydrate de fer colloïdal.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mdoifie
- mmodifie
- moddifie
- modfiie
- modifei
- modiffie
- modiife
- moidfie
- omdifie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of modifie - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "modifie", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).