ophtalmologie
\ɔf.tal.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
The verdict
“ophtalmologie” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,941. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,941
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Science qui s’occupe de l’anatomie, de la pathologie et de la thérapeutique de l’œil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ophtalmologie · ophtalmologie · French
ophtalmologie · rank #41,941 · 19 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,941
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH ontologique
Nearest frequency peer: ontologique (-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 « ophtalmologie »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- offusque
offusque
58,063 corpus weight
- oli
oli
58,062 corpus weight
- ontologique
ontologique
58,061 corpus weight
- ophtalmolog…
ophtalmologie
58,060 corpus weight
- opposable
opposable
58,059 corpus weight
- optant
optant
58,058 corpus weight
What this shows « ophtalmologie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ophtalmologie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔf.tal.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #41,941 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ophtalmologie »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around ophtalmologie (IPA \ɔf.tal.mɔ.lɔ.ʒi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,941 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Science qui s’occupe de l’anatomie, de la pathologie et de la thérapeutique de l’œil.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for ophtalmologie, with forms such as "ohptalmologie", "ophatlmologie", and "ophhtalmologie". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ophtalmologie, spelled O-P-H-T-A-L-M-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Science qui s’occupe de l’anatomie, de la pathologie et de la thérapeutique de l’œil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ophtalmologie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plusieurs types d’appareils d’échographie sont utilisés : des appareils dédiés exclusivement à l’ophtalmologie et des appareils d’échographie générale.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ohptalmologie
- ophatlmologie
- ophhtalmologie
- ophtallmologie
- ophtalmloogie
- ophtalmmologie
- ophtalmolgoie
- ophtalmollogie
- ophtalmologei
- ophtalmologgie
- ophtalmoloige
- ophtalmoolgie
- ophtalomlogie
- ophtamlologie
- ophtlamologie
- ophttalmologie
- opphtalmologie
- opthalmologie
- pohtalmologie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ophtalmologie - 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 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).