psaume

\psom\

/\psom\/ noun

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The verdict

“psaume” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,048. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,048
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-psaume · psaume · French

psaume · rank #22,048 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,048
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH psychanalyste

Nearest frequency peer: psychanalyste (+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 « psaume »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « psaume » 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).

psaume vs psaumes
86% similar
psaume vs pause
67% similar
psaume vs plume
67% similar

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

Key facts for psaume
PropertyValue
Headwordpsaume
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\psom\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,048
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « psaume »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.psaumese 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 « psychanalyste » (#22,049), « prévaut » (#22,046), « pulls » (#22,050). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « psaume » est au #22,048. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around psaume (IPA \psom\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,048 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for psaume, with forms such as "pasume", "ppsaume", and "psamue". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "psaumes", "pause", "plume", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is psaume, spelled P-S-A-U-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cantique religieux.
  2. 2
    Cantiques sacrés composés par David ou qui lui sont communément attribués.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On convoya, Dieu sait comme, au-dessus des gouffres, des caravanes d’infirmes et de moribonds qui burent de cette eau et les membres estropiés se redressèrent et les tumeurs fondirent au chant des psaumes.
  2. Les heures comprennent surtout des psaumes et elles sont chantées au chœur dans le texte latin. Les choristes de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec se rendaient donc plusieurs fois par jour au chœur pour psalmodier, […].

This word in other languages

psalm(English)salmo(Español)Psalm(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pasume
  • ppsaume
  • psamue
  • psauem
  • psaumme
  • pssaume
  • psuame
  • spaume

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pasume2ppsaume1psamue2psauem2psaumme1pssaume1psuame2spaume2
Edit distance from "psaume"

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 "psaume"?
"psaume" is spelled P-S-A-U-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \psom\.
What does "psaume" mean?
As a noun, "psaume" means: Cantique religieux.
What words are commonly confused with "psaume"?
"psaume" is commonly confused with "psaumes", "pause", "plume". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "psaume"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "psaume" is \psom\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "psaume" come from?
"psaume" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "psaume", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Putsch#22,052péages#22,054pétard#22,055pondre#22,035

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Nikita8 variantsmurale8 variantssinger8 variantsmalice8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list