poème

\pɔ.ɛm\

/\pɔ.ɛm\/ noun

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The verdict

“poème” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,278. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,278
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvrage de littérature en vers.

Corpus desk

Index FR-poeme · poème · French

poème · rank #5,278 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,278
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pourras

Nearest frequency peer: pourras (-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 « poème »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « poème » 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).

poème vs pom
60% similar
poème vs pose
60% similar
poème vs pote
60% similar

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

Key facts for poème
PropertyValue
Headwordpoème
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.ɛm\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,278
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poème »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.poèmese 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 « pourras » (#5,277), « préalable » (#5,279), « pourcentage » (#5,276). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poème » est au #5,278. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around poème (IPA \pɔ.ɛm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,278 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for poème, with forms such as "opème", "poeme", and "pomèe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pom", "pose", "pote", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is poème, spelled P-O-È-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ouvrage de littérature en vers.
  2. 2
    Ouvrage analogue par la pensée, par le style, mais écrits en prose.
  3. 3
    Quelque chose de remarquable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais rien ne peut empêcher qu’un poème dénué de poésie soit plus que mort, intolérable.
  2. Mais pour d’autres, quelle angoisse ! et quelle injustice ! Les sentiments les plus nobles, les sujets les plus naturellement poétiques, les rythmes travaillés, les rimes recherchées, tout cela pour aboutir à cet enfant mort-né, pleuré de personne, qu’est un poème sans poésie.

This word in other languages

poem(English)poema(Español)Gedicht(Deutsch)poesia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opème
  • poeme
  • pomèe
  • poèem
  • poèmme
  • ppoème
  • pèome

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

opème2poeme1pomèe2poèem2poèmme1ppoème1pèome2
Edit distance from "poème"

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 "poème"?
"poème" is spelled P-O-È-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.ɛm\.
What does "poème" mean?
As a noun, "poème" means: Ouvrage de littérature en vers.
What words are commonly confused with "poème"?
"poème" is commonly confused with "pom", "pose", "pote". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poème"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poème" is \pɔ.ɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poème" come from?
"poème" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

puits#5,282peint#5,272neuve#5,265loyer#5,262

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Savoie7 variantsvache7 variantsGrille7 variantswhite7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list