polémiques

\pɔ.le.mik\

/\pɔ.le.mik\/ adj

The verdict

“polémiques” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,637. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,637
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-polemiques · polémiques · French

polémiques · rank #11,637 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,637
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH politesse

Nearest frequency peer: politesse (-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 « polémiques »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « polémiques » 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).

polémiques vs politiques
80% similar
polémiques vs polémique
90% similar
polémiques vs poétiques
80% similar

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

Key facts for polémiques
PropertyValue
Headwordpolémiques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pɔ.le.mik\
Letters10
Frequency rank#11,637
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « polémiques »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).polémiquesse 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 « politesse » (#11,636), « portez » (#11,638), « poussant » (#11,639). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « polémiques » est au #11,637. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around polémiques (IPA \pɔ.le.mik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,637 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de polémique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for polémiques, with forms such as "oplémiques", "ploémiques", and "polemiques". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "politiques", "polémique", "poétiques", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 polémiques, spelled P-O-L-É-M-I-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de polémique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Jusque-là on ne connaissait que les sources anticathares, notamment les traités polémiques des Dominicains italiens et les registres d’interrogatoires des inquisiteurs.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oplémiques
  • ploémiques
  • polemiques
  • pollémiques
  • polméiques
  • poléimques
  • polémiqeus
  • polémiqques
  • polémiquess
  • polémiquse
  • polémiuqes
  • polémmiques
  • polémqiues
  • poélmiques
  • ppolémiques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oplémiques2ploémiques2polemiques1pollémiques1polméiques2poléimques2polémiqeus2polémiqques1
Edit distance from "polémiques"

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 "polémiques"?
"polémiques" is spelled P-O-L-É-M-I-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.le.mik\.
What does "polémiques" mean?
As an adjective, "polémiques" means: Pluriel de polémique.
What words are commonly confused with "polémiques"?
"polémiques" is commonly confused with "politiques", "polémique", "poétiques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "polémiques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "polémiques" is \pɔ.le.mik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "polémiques" come from?
"polémiques" 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 "polémiques", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list