pandémie

\pɑ̃.de.mi\

/\pɑ̃.de.mi\/ noun

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The verdict

“pandémie” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,928. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,928
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épidémie qui affecte une partie significative des populations sur une région importante du globe, plusieurs pays voire plusieurs continents.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pandemie · pandémie · French

pandémie · rank #19,928 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #19,928
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pam

Nearest frequency peer: pam (-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 « pandémie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pandémie » 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).

pandémie vs penderie
63% similar

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

Key facts for pandémie
PropertyValue
Headwordpandémie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɑ̃.de.mi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,928
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pandémie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pandémiese 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 « pam » (#19,927), « panthère » (#19,929), « parages » (#19,930). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pandémie » est au #19,928. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around pandémie (IPA \pɑ̃.de.mi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,928 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for pandémie, with forms such as "apndémie", "padnémie", and "panddémie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "penderie", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pandémie, spelled P-A-N-D-É-M-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Épidémie qui affecte une partie significative des populations sur une région importante du globe, plusieurs pays voire plusieurs continents.
  2. 2
    Maladie affectant l'ensemble de la population mondiale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Brüder répéta ses instructions, mais c’était inutile, elle savait qu’il avait raison. Face à une pandémie potentielle, le confinement total était la seule solution viable.
  2. Dès le Moyen Âge, l’homme avait trouvé un moyen très efficace de lutter contre les pandémies : l’isolement ou le confinement, principe qui est encore très utilisé de nos jours.

This word in other languages

pandemic(English)pandemia(Español)Pandemie(Deutsch)pandemia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apndémie
  • padnémie
  • panddémie
  • pandemie
  • pandméie
  • pandéime
  • pandémei
  • pandémmie
  • panndémie
  • panédmie
  • pnadémie
  • ppandémie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apndémie2padnémie2panddémie1pandemie1pandméie2pandéime2pandémei2pandémmie1
Edit distance from "pandémie"

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 "pandémie"?
"pandémie" is spelled P-A-N-D-É-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɑ̃.de.mi\.
What does "pandémie" mean?
As a noun, "pandémie" means: Épidémie qui affecte une partie significative des populations sur une région importante du globe, plusieurs pays voire plusieurs continents.
What words are commonly confused with "pandémie"?
"pandémie" is commonly confused with "penderie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pandémie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pandémie" is \pɑ̃.de.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pandémie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

panthère#19,929paranoïa#19,931obtenant#19,923Mourinho#19,914

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

ossements12 variantspassagère12 variantsmontante12 variantsJefferson12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list