pope

\pɔp\

/\pɔp\/ noun

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The verdict

“pope” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,979. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,979
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prêtre orthodoxe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pope · pope · French

pope · rank #22,979 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,979
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pluralisme

Nearest frequency peer: pluralisme (-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 « pope »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pope » 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).

pope vs pré
25% similar
pope vs pot
50% similar
pope vs pue
50% similar

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

Key facts for pope
PropertyValue
Headwordpope
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔp\
Letters4
Frequency rank#22,979
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pope »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pluralisme » (#22,978), « poussait » (#22,980), « plongeurs » (#22,977). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pope » est au #22,979. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around pope (IPA \pɔp\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,979 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prêtre orthodoxe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for pope, with forms such as "oppe", "poep", and "poppe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pré", "pot", "pue", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pope, spelled P-O-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prêtre orthodoxe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y avait là deux popes à grands cheveux de femme, couverts de sordides oripeaux dorés, sales, patibulaires.
  2. Le pope et le magister, celui-ci chargé de l’éducation des enfants, celui-là dirigeant la religion des fidèles, enseignaient ces fables d’autant plus franchement qu’ils y croyaient bel et bien.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oppe
  • poep
  • poppe
  • ppoe
  • ppope

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oppe2poep2poppe1ppoe2ppope1
Edit distance from "pope"

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 "pope"?
"pope" is spelled P-O-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔp\.
What does "pope" mean?
As a noun, "pope" means: Prêtre orthodoxe.
What words are commonly confused with "pope"?
"pope" is commonly confused with "pré", "pot", "pue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pope"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pope" is \pɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pope" come from?
"pope" 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 "pope", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

piaf#22,974mûre#22,950MOOC#22,945mein#22,939

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list