possédait
\pɔ.se.dɛ\
The verdict
“possédait” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,600. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,600
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de posséder.
Corpus desk
Index FR-possedait · possédait · French
possédait · rank #8,600 · 12 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,600
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH portables
Nearest frequency peer: portables (-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 « possédait »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- pistolet
pistolet
91,404 corpus weight
- plonger
plonger
91,403 corpus weight
- portables
portables
91,402 corpus weight
- possédait
possédait
91,401 corpus weight
- pourvoir
pourvoir
91,400 corpus weight
- poètes
poètes
91,399 corpus weight
What this shows « possédait » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | possédait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɔ.se.dɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « possédait »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around possédait (IPA \pɔ.se.dɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,600 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de posséder.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for possédait, with forms such as "opssédait", "possdéait", and "possedait". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "possèdent", "possédant", "pousserait", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is possédait, spelled P-O-S-S-É-D-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de posséder.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how possédait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un inventaire minutieux fut dressé de tout ce qu’il possédait sur lui, on nota les pièces d’argent dans ses poches, on inscrivit le velours de son manteau, on porta mention des jabots de sa chemise, on le fit déchausser, déculotter, déchemiser, dénuder entièrement, une ordure entrouvrit l’orifice pour y chercher une pierre précieuse, Melchior lui aurait p…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opssédait
- possdéait
- possedait
- posséadit
- possédaitt
- possédati
- posséddait
- possédiat
- posédait
- posésdait
- ppossédait
- psosédait
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of possédait - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).