philologie
\fi.lɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
The verdict
“philologie” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #27,567 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,567
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | philologie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fi.lɔ.lɔ.ʒi\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #27,567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “philologie” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for philologie is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fi.lɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,567 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1Science 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.
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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.
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.
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Using “philologie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-H-I-L-O-L-O-G-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fi.lɔ.lɔ.ʒi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.