pommier

\pɔ.mje\

/\pɔ.mje\/ noun

The verdict

“pommier” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,915. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,915
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbre de la famille des Rosacées, du genre Malus, qui produit les pommes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pommier · pommier · French

pommier · rank #29,915 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,915
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH polyvalence

Nearest frequency peer: polyvalence (-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 « pommier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pommier » 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).

pommier vs pomper
71% similar
pommier vs potier
71% similar
pommier vs premier
71% similar

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

Key facts for pommier
PropertyValue
Headwordpommier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.mje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,915
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pommier »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pommierse 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 « polyvalence » (#29,914), « pompon » (#29,916), « polymère » (#29,913). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pommier » est au #29,915. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around pommier (IPA \pɔ.mje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,915 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pommier, with forms such as "opmmier", "pmomier", and "pomier". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "pomper", "potier", "premier", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pommier, spelled P-O-M-M-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbre de la famille des Rosacées, du genre Malus, qui produit les pommes.
  2. 2
    Synonyme de cuit-pommes.
  3. 3
    Arbre au fût court et au houppier très développé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans les vergers ou les terrains vagues, où l’on ne compte pas sur la récolte du sol, on plante en général 200 pommiers ou poiriers par hectare.
  2. […] puis, ayant longé un champ d’avoine, étoilé de bluets et de coquelicots, nous arrivâmes en un verger où des vaches, à la robe bringelée, dormaient couchées à l’ombre des pommiers.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opmmier
  • pmomier
  • pomier
  • pomimer
  • pommeir
  • pommierr
  • pommire
  • ppommier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

opmmier2pmomier2pomier1pomimer2pommeir2pommierr1pommire2ppommier1
Edit distance from "pommier"

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 "pommier"?
"pommier" is spelled P-O-M-M-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.mje\.
What does "pommier" mean?
As a noun, "pommier" means: Arbre de la famille des Rosacées, du genre Malus, qui produit les pommes.
What words are commonly confused with "pommier"?
"pommier" is commonly confused with "pomper", "potier", "premier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pommier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pommier" is \pɔ.mje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pommier" come from?
"pommier" 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 "pommier", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list