podium

\pɔ.djɔm\

/\pɔ.djɔm\/ noun

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The verdict

“podium” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,540. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,540
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soubassement de peu d’élévation, faisant saillie sur le mur d’une chambre ou d’un bâtiment, et servant de plate-forme pour y placer certains objets.

Corpus desk

Index FR-podium · podium · French

podium · rank #6,540 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,540
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH permettait

Nearest frequency peer: permettait (-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 « podium »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « podium » 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).

podium vs podiums
86% similar

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

Key facts for podium
PropertyValue
Headwordpodium
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.djɔm\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,540
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « podium »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).podiumse 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 « permettait » (#6,539), « poing » (#6,541), « partielle » (#6,538). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « podium » est au #6,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around podium (IPA \pɔ.djɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,540 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for podium, with forms such as "opdium", "pdoium", and "poddium". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "podiums", 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 podium, spelled P-O-D-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soubassement de peu d’élévation, faisant saillie sur le mur d’une chambre ou d’un bâtiment, et servant de plate-forme pour y placer certains objets.
  2. 2
    Plateforme élevée face à l'arène, supportant les places d’honneur dans les cirques romains.
  3. 3
    Sorte d’estrade à trois places où s'exhibent les vainqueurs d’un concours sportif.
  4. 4
    Sorte de piste surélevée, sur laquelle défilent les mannequins lors des présentations de mode.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À Rome, l’empereur, les magistrats curules et les vestales assistaient aux jeux du cirque, installés bien en évidence, sur le podium de l’amphithéâtre.
  2. De chaque côté du podium, les plus grandes figures du monde de la mode attendaient l’arrivée des mannequins. Les jambes vacillantes, Eve s’avança enfin.

This word in other languages

runway(English)Laufsteg(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opdium
  • pdoium
  • poddium
  • podimu
  • podiumm
  • poduim
  • poidum
  • ppodium

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

opdium2pdoium2poddium1podimu2podiumm1poduim2poidum2ppodium1
Edit distance from "podium"

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 "podium"?
"podium" is spelled P-O-D-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.djɔm\.
What does "podium" mean?
As a noun, "podium" means: Soubassement de peu d’élévation, faisant saillie sur le mur d’une chambre ou d’un bâtiment, et servant de plate-forme pour y placer certains objets.
What words are commonly confused with "podium"?
"podium" is commonly confused with "podiums". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "podium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "podium" is \pɔ.djɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "podium" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

requis#6,549robots#6,550saviez#6,553tenues#6,564

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

stand8 variantstrans8 variantstreize8 variantscréés8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list