polymère

\pɔ.li.mɛʁ\

/\pɔ.li.mɛʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“polymère” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,913
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Complexe, comportant de nombreux composants.

Corpus desk

Index FR-polymere · polymère · French

polymère · rank #29,913 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #29,913
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH poisons

Nearest frequency peer: poisons (-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 « polymère »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « polymère » 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).

polymère vs polymères
89% similar

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

Key facts for polymère
PropertyValue
Headwordpolymère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pɔ.li.mɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#29,913
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « polymère »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).polymèrese 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 « poisons » (#29,912), « polyvalence » (#29,914), « podcasts » (#29,911). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « polymère » est au #29,913. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around polymère (IPA \pɔ.li.mɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,913 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Complexe, comportant de nombreux composants.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for polymère, with forms such as "oplymère", "ploymère", and "pollymère". 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, "polymères", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is polymère, spelled P-O-L-Y-M-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Complexe, comportant de nombreux composants.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les travaux antérieurs s’intéressant aux émulsifiants polymères ne permettaient pas de réaliser des cycles avec les polymères.
  2. Dans d’autres cas, il y a beaucoup de sous-unités dans la protéine définitive, c’est une protéine polymère ou multimère..

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oplymère
  • ploymère
  • pollymère
  • polmyère
  • polymere
  • polymmère
  • polymrèe
  • polymèer
  • polymèrre
  • polyymère
  • polyèmre
  • poylmère
  • ppolymère

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oplymère2ploymère2pollymère1polmyère2polymere1polymmère1polymrèe2polymèer2
Edit distance from "polymère"

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 "polymère"?
"polymère" is spelled P-O-L-Y-M-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.li.mɛʁ\.
What does "polymère" mean?
As an adjective, "polymère" means: Complexe, comportant de nombreux composants.
What words are commonly confused with "polymère"?
"polymère" is commonly confused with "polymères". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "polymère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "polymère" is \pɔ.li.mɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "polymère" come from?
"polymère" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list