podiums

\pɔ.djɔm\

/\pɔ.djɔm\/ noun

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The verdict

“podiums” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,979. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,979
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de podium.

Corpus desk

Index FR-podiums · podiums · French

podiums · rank #23,979 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,979
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH piédestal

Nearest frequency peer: piédestal (-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 « podiums »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « podiums » 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).

podiums vs podium
86% similar

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

Key facts for podiums
PropertyValue
Headwordpodiums
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.djɔm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,979
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « podiums »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).podiumsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « piédestal » (#23,978), « Poissy » (#23,980), « pingouin » (#23,977). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « podiums » est au #23,979. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around podiums (IPA \pɔ.djɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,979 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de podium.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for podiums, with forms such as "opdiums", "pdoiums", and "poddiums". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "podium", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is podiums, spelled P-O-D-I-U-M-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de podium.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le pavement, les parois verticales et les replats antérieurs des podiums sont couverts de mosaïques à tessères blanches et noires.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opdiums
  • pdoiums
  • poddiums
  • podimus
  • podiumms
  • podiumss
  • podiusm
  • poduims
  • poidums
  • ppodiums

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of podiums - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opdiums2pdoiums2poddiums1podimus2podiumms1podiumss1podiusm2poduims2
Edit distance from "podiums"

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 "podiums"?
"podiums" is spelled P-O-D-I-U-M-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.djɔm\.
What does "podiums" mean?
As a noun, "podiums" means: Pluriel de podium.
What words are commonly confused with "podiums"?
"podiums" is commonly confused with "podium". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "podiums"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "podiums" is \pɔ.djɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "podiums" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

portons#23,983ovaires#23,971Ouellet#23,970Problem#23,988

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

périls10 variantsméconnue10 variantsmouillés10 variantssautant10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list