pédiatre

\pe.djatʁ\

/\pe.djatʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“pédiatre” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,454. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,454
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Médecin spécialiste des enfants.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pediatre · pédiatre · French

pédiatre · rank #25,454 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,454
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pécresse

Nearest frequency peer: Pécresse (-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 « pédiatre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pédiatre » 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).

pédiatre vs peintre
63% similar
pédiatre vs pédiatrie
89% similar

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

Key facts for pédiatre
PropertyValue
Headwordpédiatre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pe.djatʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,454
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pédiatre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pédiatrese 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 « Pécresse » (#25,453), « punitions » (#25,452), « qe » (#25,456). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pédiatre » est au #25,454. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around pédiatre (IPA \pe.djatʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,454 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Médecin spécialiste des enfants.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for pédiatre, with forms such as "pdéiatre", "pediatre", and "ppédiatre". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "peintre", "pédiatrie", 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 pédiatre, spelled P-É-D-I-A-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Médecin spécialiste des enfants.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le gouvernement continue d’étudier la possibilité d’allonger le congé des Fêtes des jeunes. Une pédiatre assure que la fermeture des écoles devrait être la dernière option.

This word in other languages

pediatrician(English)pediatra(Español)Kinderarzt(Deutsch)pediatra(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pdéiatre
  • pediatre
  • ppédiatre
  • pédaitre
  • péddiatre
  • pédiarte
  • pédiater
  • pédiatrre
  • pédiattre
  • péditare
  • péidatre
  • épdiatre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pdéiatre2pediatre1ppédiatre1pédaitre2péddiatre1pédiarte2pédiater2pédiatrre1
Edit distance from "pédiatre"

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 "pédiatre"?
"pédiatre" is spelled P-É-D-I-A-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.djatʁ\.
What does "pédiatre" mean?
As a noun, "pédiatre" means: Médecin spécialiste des enfants.
What words are commonly confused with "pédiatre"?
"pédiatre" is commonly confused with "peintre", "pédiatrie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pédiatre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pédiatre" is \pe.djatʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pédiatre" come from?
"pédiatre" 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 "pédiatre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Pécresse#25,453rachetée#25,459ramenant#25,463possédée#25,444

Similar misspelling depth

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

ponctuel12 variantsrattacher12 variantsresources12 variantsparodique12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list