modifier
\mɔ.di.fje\
The verdict
“modifier” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,623. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,623
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Changer une chose dans quelqu’une de ses parties.
Corpus desk
Index FR-modifier · modifier · French
modifier · rank #3,623 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,623
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH magie
Nearest frequency peer: magie (-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 « modifier »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- investir
investir
96,381 corpus weight
- joyeux
joyeux
96,380 corpus weight
- magie
magie
96,379 corpus weight
- modifier
modifier
96,378 corpus weight
- médicale
médicale
96,377 corpus weight
- nationaux
nationaux
96,376 corpus weight
What this shows « modifier » 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 | modifier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɔ.di.fje\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,623 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « modifier »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around modifier (IPA \mɔ.di.fje\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,623 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Changer une chose dans quelqu’une de ses parties.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for modifier, with forms such as "mdoifier", "mmodifier", and "moddifier". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "modifiés", "modifie", "mobilier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is modifier, spelled M-O-D-I-F-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Changer une chose dans quelqu’une de ses parties.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how modifier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les effets perméabilisants qui accompagnent les réactions anaphylactiques cutanées ne sont pas modifiés par l’héparine.
La silva proche des habitats fut totalement modifiée par l'action de l'homme qui traçait ses sentiers, taillait des arbres, bûcheronnait, pendant que ses bêtes broutaient les feuilles et les jeunes pousses.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mdoifier
- mmodifier
- moddifier
- modfiier
- modifeir
- modiffier
- modifierr
- modifire
- modiifer
- moidfier
- omdifier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of modifier - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).