mythe

\mit\

/\mit\/ noun

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The verdict

“mythe” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,586. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,586
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Récit fabuleux d'origine immémoriale contenant un sens allégorique fondateur d'une communauté humaine et de son environnement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mythe · mythe · French

mythe · rank #5,586 · 8 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,586
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH musical

Nearest frequency peer: musical (-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 « mythe »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mythe » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mythe vs mytho
80% similar
mythe vs mythes
83% similar
mythe vs math
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mythe
PropertyValue
Headwordmythe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mit\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,586
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mythe »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mythese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « musical » (#5,585), « milliard » (#5,584), « nettoyer » (#5,588). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mythe » est au #5,586. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around mythe (IPA \mit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,586 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for mythe, with forms such as "mmythe", "mtyhe", and "myhte". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "mytho", "mythes", "math", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mythe, spelled M-Y-T-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Récit fabuleux d'origine immémoriale contenant un sens allégorique fondateur d'une communauté humaine et de son environnement.
  2. 2
    Construction intellectuelle qui permet la cohésion d'un groupe humain ou son action.
  3. 3
    Chose dont on entend parler mais qu’on ne voit jamais.
  4. 4
    Personne connue et admirée de tout le monde grâce à son prestige.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mythe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] : l’Atlantide. Que cette contrée ait existé, cela est hors de doute. Mais il paraît certain qu’elle avait déjà disparu, bien avant l’apparition de l’homme sur la terre, et que la prétendue races des « Atlantes » n’est qu’un mythe.
  2. En général, les intellectuels arabes musulmans, y compris ceux de gauche, ne sont pas parvenus à rappeler à leur public que la laïcité en politique était à l’ordre du jour dans l’histoire islamique après Mahomet ou après ses prophéties, contrairement aux mythes de l’historiographie islamique […].

This word in other languages

myth(English)mito(Español)Mythos(Deutsch)mito(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmythe
  • mtyhe
  • myhte
  • myteh
  • mythhe
  • mytthe
  • myythe
  • ymthe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mythe - 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.

mmythe1mtyhe2myhte2myteh2mythhe1mytthe1myythe1ymthe2
Edit distance from "mythe"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mythe"?
"mythe" is spelled M-Y-T-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mit\.
What does "mythe" mean?
As a noun, "mythe" means: Récit fabuleux d'origine immémoriale contenant un sens allégorique fondateur d'une communauté humaine et de son environnement.
What words are commonly confused with "mythe"?
"mythe" is commonly confused with "mytho", "mythes", "math". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mythe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mythe" is \mit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mythe" come from?
"mythe" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mythe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

payés#5,591lapin#5,577pères#5,596house#5,569

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Roland8 variantsguinée8 variantsgrecs8 variantsagenda8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list