Pokémon
\pɔ.ke.mɔn\
The verdict
“Pokémon” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,058. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,058
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Créature imaginaire du jeu vidéo Pokémon (ainsi que du dessin animé dérivé) de formes très diverses, qui peut être attrapé et qui est utilisé pour des combats avec d’autres créatures.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pokemon · Pokémon · French
Pokémon · rank #9,058 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,058
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH poli
Nearest frequency peer: poli (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Pokémon”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- plaie
plaie
90,946 corpus weight
- platine
platine
90,945 corpus weight
- Pokémon
Pokémon
90,943 corpus weight
- poli
poli
90,942 corpus weight
- priver
priver
90,941 corpus weight
- problématiq…
problématiques
90,940 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pokémon” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Pokémon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.ke.mɔn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “Pokémon” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Pokémon (IPA \pɔ.ke.mɔn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,058 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Créature imaginaire du jeu vidéo Pokémon (ainsi que du dessin animé dérivé) de formes très diverses, qui peut être attrapé et qui est utilisé pour des combats avec d’autres créatures.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pokémon, with forms such as "opkémon", "pkoémon", and "pokemon". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "poumon", "Pokémons", "podemos", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Pokémon, spelled P-O-K-É-M-O-N.
Definition
- 1Créature imaginaire du jeu vidéo Pokémon (ainsi que du dessin animé dérivé) de formes très diverses, qui peut être attrapé et qui est utilisé pour des combats avec d’autres créatures.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pokémon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le game designer avoue avoir passé des heures « et même des journées » à jouer aux Pokémon sur sa Game Boy lorsqu'il était enfant. Il ne ratait jamais un épisode télévisé, ni aucune rediffusion, avoue-t-il.
Les noms c’est comme des cartes Pokémon, ça vient avec des points. Des points en plus ou bien des points en moins. Dans la guerre des noms, la famille de mon père l’emporte sur la famille de ma mère.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opkémon
- pkoémon
- pokemon
- pokkémon
- pokméon
- pokémmon
- pokémno
- pokémonn
- pokéomn
- poékmon
- ppokémon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pokémon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pokémon", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Pokémon". Here's where to go from here.
- "Pokémon" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "poumon". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,058 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.