Philip

name

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The verdict

“Philip” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,530. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,530
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-philip · Philip · French

Philip · rank #9,530 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,530
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH phoenix

Nearest frequency peer: phoenix (+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 « Philip »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Philip » 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).

Philip vs Philips
86% similar
Philip vs Philipp
86% similar
Philip vs Philipe
86% similar

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

Key facts for Philip
PropertyValue
HeadwordPhilip
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,530
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Philip »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Philipse 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 « phoenix » (#9,531), « our » (#9,528), « piliers » (#9,532). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Philip » est au #9,530. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Philip, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,530 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Philip, with forms such as "hpilip", "phhilip", and "phiilp". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Philips", "Philipp", "Philipe", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Philip, spelled P-H-I-L-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 220 convives ont découvert ou redécouvert ce plat régional, préparé par Stéphane Philip.
  2. Depuis le vestiaire de leur club de natation, Romy (Adda Abdelli) et Orson (Alexandre Philip) — qui sont aussi les deux cocréateurs de la série — se retrouvent chaque semaine pour leur entraînement et nous faire partager leur vision du monde.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hpilip
  • phhilip
  • phiilp
  • phillip
  • philpi
  • phliip
  • pihlip
  • pphilip

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hpilip2phhilip1phiilp2phillip1philpi2phliip2pihlip2pphilip1
Edit distance from "Philip"

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 "Philip"?
"Philip" is spelled P-H-I-L-I-P.
What does "Philip" mean?
As a proper noun, "Philip" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Philip"?
"Philip" is commonly confused with "Philips", "Philipp", "Philipe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Philip" come from?
"Philip" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

opposée8 variantsréussie8 variantsSerbie8 variantsgamine8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list