philologie

\fi.lɔ.lɔ.ʒi\

/\fi.lɔ.lɔ.ʒi\/ noun

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The verdict

“philologie” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,567. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,567
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Science qui étudie les textes, anciens ou historiques, pour en établir la version la plus fiable possible par l’analyse critique des sources, l’interprétation et l’étude de leur langue, de leur tra...

Corpus desk

Index FR-philologie · philologie · French

philologie · rank #27,567 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,567
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pilotée

Nearest frequency peer: pilotée (+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 « philologie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « philologie » 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
Key facts for philologie
PropertyValue
Headwordphilologie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fi.lɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
Letters10
Frequency rank#27,567
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « philologie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).philologiese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pilotée » (#27,568), « perversion » (#27,565), « pointage » (#27,569). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « philologie » est au #27,567. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around philologie (IPA \fi.lɔ.lɔ.ʒi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,567 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Science qui étudie les textes, anciens ou historiques, pour en établir la version la plus fiable possible par l’analyse critique des sources, l’interprétation et l’étude de leur langue, de leur tra...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for philologie, with forms such as "hpilologie", "phhilologie", and "phillologie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is philologie, spelled P-H-I-L-O-L-O-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Science qui étudie les textes, anciens ou historiques, pour en établir la version la plus fiable possible par l’analyse critique des sources, l’interprétation et l’étude de leur langue, de leur transmission et de leur contexte culturel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On peut dire sans exagération que la philologie, qui vient de se constituer récemment en science positive, est un auxiliaire inattendu de l'histoire.
  2. La nécessité de pousser aussi loin que possible mes études d'exégèse et de philologie sémitique m'obligea d'apprendre l'allemand.

This word in other languages

philology(English)filología(Español)Philologie(Deutsch)filologia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hpilologie
  • phhilologie
  • phillologie
  • philloogie
  • philolgoie
  • philollogie
  • philologei
  • philologgie
  • philoloige
  • philoolgie
  • phiollogie
  • phliologie
  • pihlologie
  • pphilologie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hpilologie2phhilologie1phillologie1philloogie2philolgoie2philollogie1philologei2philologgie1
Edit distance from "philologie"

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 "philologie"?
"philologie" is spelled P-H-I-L-O-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.lɔ.lɔ.ʒi\.
What does "philologie" mean?
As a noun, "philologie" means: Science qui étudie les textes, anciens ou historiques, pour en établir la version la plus fiable possible par l’analyse critique des sources, l’interprétation et l’étude de leur langue, de leur tra...
What are common misspellings of "philologie"?
Common misspellings include "hpilologie", "phhilologie", "phillologie", "philloogie", "philolgoie". The correct spelling is "philologie".
How do you pronounce "philologie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "philologie" is \fi.lɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "philologie" come from?
"philologie" 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 "philologie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

perversion#27,565polluantes#27,570pontifical#27,571populistes#27,572

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

reconduire14 variantsrenoncent14 variantsrequérant14 variantsméningite14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list