problème
\pʁɔ.blɛm\
The verdict
“problème” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #329. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #329
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Question scientifique à résoudre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-probleme · problème · French
problème · rank #329 · 13 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #329
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH ligne
Nearest frequency peer: ligne (-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 « problème »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- donne
donne
99,675 corpus weight
- donner
donner
99,674 corpus weight
- ligne
ligne
99,673 corpus weight
- problème
problème
99,672 corpus weight
- vient
vient
99,670 corpus weight
- cause
cause
99,669 corpus weight
What this shows « problème » 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 | problème |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.blɛm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « problème »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around problème (IPA \pʁɔ.blɛm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #329 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for problème, with forms such as "porblème", "pproblème", and "prbolème". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "proclamé", "problems", "problèmes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is problème, spelled P-R-O-B-L-È-M-E.
Definition
- 1Question scientifique à résoudre.
- 2Question difficile à résoudre.
- 3Difficulté, ennui, souci.
- 4Tout ce qui est difficile à concevoir, comme définir un caractère ou expliquer une conduite.
- 5Affaire embrouillée.
- 6Jeu ou énigme publié dans la presse, grille de mots croisés, de mots fléchés, de sudoku, exercice d’échecs, de dames, de bridge.
- 7Composition artistique dans le domaine des échecs ou des dames.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how problème appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Problème de géométrie ou d’algèbre.
Un problème insoluble, difficile à résoudre.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porblème
- pproblème
- prbolème
- probblème
- probleme
- probllème
- problmèe
- problèem
- problèmme
- probèlme
- prolbème
- prroblème
- rpoblème
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of problème - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "problème", 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).