philippine

\fi.li.pin\

/\fi.li.pin\/ noun

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The verdict

“philippine” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,305. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,305
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu qui consiste, quand on trouve une amande double, à la partager avec quelqu’un, et par la suite, pour gagner, à être le premier qui aborde l’autre en disant « Bonjour philippine ».

Corpus desk

Index FR-philippine · philippine · French

philippine · rank #30,305 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,305
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH peuplent

Nearest frequency peer: peuplent (-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 « philippine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « philippine » 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).

philippine vs philippins
90% similar
philippine vs Philippines
82% similar
philippine vs Philippe
70% similar

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

Key facts for philippine
PropertyValue
Headwordphilippine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fi.li.pin\
Letters10
Frequency rank#30,305
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « philippine »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).philippinese 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 « peuplent » (#30,304), « piercing » (#30,306), « perpétrés » (#30,303). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « philippine » est au #30,305. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around philippine (IPA \fi.li.pin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,305 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for philippine, with forms such as "hpilippine", "phhilippine", and "phiilppine". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "philippins", "Philippines", "Philippe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 philippine, spelled P-H-I-L-I-P-P-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeu qui consiste, quand on trouve une amande double, à la partager avec quelqu’un, et par la suite, pour gagner, à être le premier qui aborde l’autre en disant « Bonjour philippine ».
  2. 2
    Une amande double.
  3. 3
    Mot qu’on dit quand deux personnes commencent à prendre la parole en même temps pour dire la même chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’amande bessonne, jumelle ou philippine est un prétexte à toutes sortes de jeux joyeux…
  2. j'aurais du mal à te donner l'origine du truc, mais c'est un truc de gosses, quand on dit la même chose au même moment, on dit philippine et on fait un vœu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hpilippine
  • phhilippine
  • phiilppine
  • philipine
  • philipipne
  • philippien
  • philippinne
  • philippnie
  • phillippine
  • philpipine
  • phliippine
  • pihlippine
  • pphilippine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hpilippine2phhilippine1phiilppine2philipine1philipipne2philippien2philippinne1philippnie2
Edit distance from "philippine"

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 "philippine"?
"philippine" is spelled P-H-I-L-I-P-P-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.li.pin\.
What does "philippine" mean?
As a noun, "philippine" means: Jeu qui consiste, quand on trouve une amande double, à la partager avec quelqu’un, et par la suite, pour gagner, à être le premier qui aborde l’autre en disant « Bonjour philippine ».
What words are commonly confused with "philippine"?
"philippine" is commonly confused with "philippins", "Philippines", "Philippe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "philippine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "philippine" is \fi.li.pin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "philippine" come from?
"philippine" 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 "philippine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

portfolio13 variantsratatouille13 variantsnotations13 variantsrelâchés13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list