Philippines

\fi.li.pin\

/\fi.li.pin\/ name

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The verdict

“Philippines” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,906. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,906
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Archipel du Sud-Est de l’Asie, bordé à l’est par la mer des Philippines, à l’ouest par la mer de Chine méridionale, au sud-ouest par la mer de Sulu et au sud par la mer de Célèbes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-philippines · Philippines · French

Philippines · rank #8,906 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,906
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH perpignan

Nearest frequency peer: perpignan (-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 « Philippines »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Philippines » 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).

Philippines vs philippins
82% similar
Philippines vs philippin
73% similar
Philippines vs philippine
82% similar

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

Key facts for Philippines
PropertyValue
HeadwordPhilippines
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\fi.li.pin\
Letters11
Frequency rank#8,906
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Philippines »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Philippinesse 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 « perpignan » (#8,905), « pilule » (#8,907), « peintres » (#8,904). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Philippines » est au #8,906. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around Philippines (IPA \fi.li.pin\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,906 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Philippines, with forms such as "hpilippines", "phhilippines", and "phiilppines". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "philippins", "philippin", "philippine", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Philippines, spelled P-H-I-L-I-P-P-I-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Archipel du Sud-Est de l’Asie, bordé à l’est par la mer des Philippines, à l’ouest par la mer de Chine méridionale, au sud-ouest par la mer de Sulu et au sud par la mer de Célèbes.
  2. 2
    Pays dont le territoire correspond à ces îles. Sa capitale est Manille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et puis un jour, alors que nous étions en cale sèche dans une des Philippines, j’avais vu mon beau bâtiment se volatiliser sous quelques torpilles lancées de plein fouet par une vague d’avions américains […]
  2. Les Philippines sont situées dans la «ceinture de feu» du Pacifique, active sur le plan sismique, et comptent plus de 20 volcans actifs.

This word in other languages

Philippines(English)Filipinas(Español)Philippinen(Deutsch)Filipinas(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hpilippines
  • phhilippines
  • phiilppines
  • philipines
  • philipipnes
  • philippiens
  • philippiness
  • philippinnes
  • philippinse
  • philippnies
  • phillippines
  • philpipines
  • phliippines
  • pihlippines
  • pphilippines

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hpilippines2phhilippines1phiilppines2philipines1philipipnes2philippiens2philippiness1philippinnes1
Edit distance from "Philippines"

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 "Philippines"?
"Philippines" is spelled P-H-I-L-I-P-P-I-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.li.pin\.
What does "Philippines" mean?
As a proper noun, "Philippines" means: Archipel du Sud-Est de l’Asie, bordé à l’est par la mer des Philippines, à l’ouest par la mer de Chine méridionale, au sud-ouest par la mer de Sulu et au sud par la mer de Célèbes.
What words are commonly confused with "Philippines"?
"Philippines" is commonly confused with "philippins", "philippin", "philippine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Philippines"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Philippines" 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 "Philippines" come from?
"Philippines" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

inquiétant15 variantsinfiniment15 variantsaccumulation15 variantsextinction15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list