podium
\pɔ.djɔm\
The verdict
“podium” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,540 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,540
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | podium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.djɔm\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,540 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “podium” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for podium is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɔ.djɔm\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,540 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Soubassement 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.
- 2Plateforme élevée face à l'arène, supportant les places d’honneur dans les cirques romains.
- 3Sorte d’estrade à trois places où s'exhibent les vainqueurs d’un concours sportif.
- 4Sorte de piste surélevée, sur laquelle défilent les mannequins lors des présentations de mode.
This word in other languages
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.
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 “podium”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-D-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔ.djɔm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “podiums” - see the side-by-side comparison. podium vs podiums
- 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.