physiologie

\fi.zjɔ.lɔ.ʒi\

/\fi.zjɔ.lɔ.ʒi\/ noun

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The verdict

“physiologie” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,206. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,206
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie de la biologie qui traite des fonctions des organes chez les êtres vivants.

Corpus desk

Index FR-physiologie · physiologie · French

physiologie · rank #16,206 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,206
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH peuplée

Nearest frequency peer: peuplée (-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 « physiologie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « physiologie » 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).

physiologie vs physionomie
82% similar
physiologie vs physiologique
85% similar

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

Key facts for physiologie
PropertyValue
Headwordphysiologie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fi.zjɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
Letters11
Frequency rank#16,206
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « physiologie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).physiologiese 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 « peuplée » (#16,205), « pillage » (#16,207), « pion » (#16,208). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « physiologie » est au #16,206. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around physiologie (IPA \fi.zjɔ.lɔ.ʒi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,206 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for physiologie, with forms such as "hpysiologie", "phhysiologie", and "phsyiologie". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "physionomie", "physiologique", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is physiologie, spelled P-H-Y-S-I-O-L-O-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie de la biologie qui traite des fonctions des organes chez les êtres vivants.
  2. 2
    Certains ouvrages qui traitent de cette science.
  3. 3
    Désigne des essais traitant de l’étude physique et morale de divers caractères, de diverses conditions, etc.
  4. 4
    Science de l’être humain en état de santé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. physiologie végétale.
  2. physiologie générale.

This word in other languages

physiology(English)fisiología(Español)Physiologie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hpysiologie
  • phhysiologie
  • phsyiologie
  • phyisologie
  • physiloogie
  • physiolgoie
  • physiollogie
  • physiologei
  • physiologgie
  • physioloige
  • physioolgie
  • physoilogie
  • physsiologie
  • phyysiologie
  • pphysiologie
  • pyhsiologie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hpysiologie2phhysiologie1phsyiologie2phyisologie2physiloogie2physiolgoie2physiollogie1physiologei2
Edit distance from "physiologie"

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 "physiologie"?
"physiologie" is spelled P-H-Y-S-I-O-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.zjɔ.lɔ.ʒi\.
What does "physiologie" mean?
As a noun, "physiologie" means: Partie de la biologie qui traite des fonctions des organes chez les êtres vivants.
What words are commonly confused with "physiologie"?
"physiologie" is commonly confused with "physionomie", "physiologique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "physiologie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "physiologie" is \fi.zjɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "physiologie" come from?
"physiologie" 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 "physiologie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

pittoresque#16,209patrouilles#16,200projecteurs#16,218souterraine#16,240

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

recherchée16 variantsmisérables16 variantsmaintiennent16 variantsinvitations16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list