polygamie

\po.li.ɡa.mi\

/\po.li.ɡa.mi\/ noun

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The verdict

“polygamie” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,723. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,723
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relation conjugale où une personne est mariée à plusieurs autres à la fois.

Corpus desk

Index FR-polygamie · polygamie · French

polygamie · rank #24,723 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,723
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pourtour

Nearest frequency peer: pourtour (+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 « polygamie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « polygamie » 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
Key facts for polygamie
PropertyValue
Headwordpolygamie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\po.li.ɡa.mi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,723
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « polygamie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.polygamiese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pourtour » (#24,724), « Poincaré » (#24,721), « PPP » (#24,725). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « polygamie » est au #24,723. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around polygamie (IPA \po.li.ɡa.mi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,723 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for polygamie, with forms such as "oplygamie", "ploygamie", and "polgyamie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is polygamie, spelled P-O-L-Y-G-A-M-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relation conjugale où une personne est mariée à plusieurs autres à la fois.
  2. 2
    Polygynie, forme la plus répandue chez les humains de la polygamie.
  3. 3
    Classe du système de Linné, qui renferme les plantes qui portent des fleurs staminées ou pistillées, ou stamino-pistillées sur un ou plusieurs individus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La polygamie est défendue dans le christianisme.
  2. Dans nos pays, la polygamie est un crime puni par les lois.

Antonyms

monogamie

This word in other languages

polygamy(English)poligamia(Español)Polygamie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oplygamie
  • ploygamie
  • polgyamie
  • pollygamie
  • polyagmie
  • polygaime
  • polygamei
  • polygammie
  • polyggamie
  • polygmaie
  • polyygamie
  • poylgamie
  • ppolygamie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oplygamie2ploygamie2polgyamie2pollygamie1polyagmie2polygaime2polygamei2polygammie1
Edit distance from "polygamie"

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 "polygamie"?
"polygamie" is spelled P-O-L-Y-G-A-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \po.li.ɡa.mi\.
What does "polygamie" mean?
As a noun, "polygamie" means: Relation conjugale où une personne est mariée à plusieurs autres à la fois.
What are common misspellings of "polygamie"?
Common misspellings include "oplygamie", "ploygamie", "polgyamie", "pollygamie", "polyagmie". The correct spelling is "polygamie".
How do you pronounce "polygamie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "polygamie" is \po.li.ɡa.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "polygamie" come from?
"polygamie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

protégez13 variantsperfusion13 variantspensionnat13 variantspatronale13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list