myriade
\mi.ʁjad\
The verdict
“myriade” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,936. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,936
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dix-mille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-myriade · myriade · French
myriade · rank #37,936 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,936
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH muy
Nearest frequency peer: muy (-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 « myriade »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- mural
mural
62,068 corpus weight
- murmurer
murmurer
62,067 corpus weight
- muy
muy
62,066 corpus weight
- myriade
myriade
62,065 corpus weight
- mysticisme
mysticisme
62,064 corpus weight
- médaillons
médaillons
62,063 corpus weight
What this shows « myriade » 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 | myriade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.ʁjad\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « myriade »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around myriade (IPA \mi.ʁjad\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,936 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for myriade, with forms such as "mmyriade", "mryiade", and "myirade". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Myriam", "mariage", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is myriade, spelled M-Y-R-I-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Dix-mille.
- 2Quantité indéfinie et innombrable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how myriade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais baissez-vous, regardez à vos pieds, et partout la vie éclatera pour ainsi dire à vos regards en myriades d’êtres aux formes bizarres, à la nature ambiguë.
[…] mais les citernes sont taries et le fond n’est plus qu’une croûte noire et vaseuse dans laquelle une myriade d’animaux immondes prennent leurs ébats […]
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmyriade
- mryiade
- myirade
- myraide
- myriadde
- myriaed
- myridae
- myrriade
- myyriade
- ymriade
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of myriade - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).