myope

/\mjɔp\/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,206

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

myope is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui a la vue fort courte et qui ne peut voir clairement les objets éloignés sans le secours d’un verre concave. Pronounced \mjɔp\. Often confused with mythe and Myopie.

Key facts for myope
PropertyValue
Headwordmyope
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\mjɔp\
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,206
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of myope in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for myope is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mjɔp\. Corpus data places it at rank #34,206 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for myope, with forms such as "mmyope", "moype", and "myoep". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "mythe", "Myopie", "moe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is myope, spelled M-Y-O-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a la vue fort courte et qui ne peut voir clairement les objets éloignés sans le secours d’un verre concave.
  2. 2
    Étroit d’esprit.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmyope,moype,myoep,myoppe,mypoe,myyope,ymope

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for myope

Misspelling Variants of "myope"

mmyope6moype5myoep5myoppe6mypoe5myyope6ymope5
Misspelling Variants of "myope"

Frequency rank: #34,206 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "myope"?
"myope" is spelled M-Y-O-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mjɔp\.
What does "myope" mean?
As an adj, "myope" means: Qui a la vue fort courte et qui ne peut voir clairement les objets éloignés sans le secours d’un verre concave.
What words are commonly confused with "myope"?
"myope" is commonly confused with "mythe", "Myopie", "moe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "myope"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "myope" is \mjɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "myope" come from?
"myope" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.