pompée

\pɔ̃.pe\

/\pɔ̃.pe\/ verb

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The verdict

“pompée” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,315. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,315
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé féminin singulier de pomper.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pompee · pompée · French

pompée · rank #23,315 · 9 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,315
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plongeur

Nearest frequency peer: plongeur (-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 « pompée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pompée » 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).

pompée vs pope
67% similar
pompée vs poupe
67% similar
pompée vs portée
67% similar

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

Key facts for pompée
PropertyValue
Headwordpompée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɔ̃.pe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,315
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pompée »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pompéese 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 « plongeur » (#23,314), « pond » (#23,316), « plomberie » (#23,313). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pompée » est au #23,315. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pompée (IPA \pɔ̃.pe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,315 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé féminin singulier de pomper.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pompée, with forms such as "opmpée", "pmopée", and "pommpée". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "pope", "poupe", "portée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pompée, spelled P-O-M-P-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé féminin singulier de pomper.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La peroxydase du raifort en intraveineux ne passe pas dans le tissu cérébral, alors qu’elle diffuse très facilement dedans lorsqu’elle est injectée dans le LCR et pompée par les astrocytes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opmpée
  • pmopée
  • pommpée
  • pompee
  • pompeé
  • pomppée
  • pomépe
  • popmée
  • ppompée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

opmpée2pmopée2pommpée1pompee1pompeé2pomppée1pomépe2popmée2
Edit distance from "pompée"

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 "pompée"?
"pompée" is spelled P-O-M-P-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ̃.pe\.
What does "pompée" mean?
As a verb, "pompée" means: Participe passé féminin singulier de pomper.
What words are commonly confused with "pompée"?
"pompée" is commonly confused with "pope", "poupe", "portée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pompée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pompée" is \pɔ̃.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pompée" come from?
"pompée" 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 "pompée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

phénix#23,311Napoli#23,291resort#23,346retira#23,349

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

plessis9 variantslundis9 variantstantes9 variantstentée9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list