Ptolémée

\ptɔ.le.me\

/\ptɔ.le.me\/ name

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The verdict

“Ptolémée” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,780. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,780
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de divers personnages grecs :

Corpus desk

Index FR-ptolemee · Ptolémée · French

Ptolémée · rank #25,780 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,780
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Prussien

Nearest frequency peer: Prussien (-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 « Ptolémée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Ptolémée » 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
Key facts for Ptolémée
PropertyValue
HeadwordPtolémée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ptɔ.le.me\
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,780
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Ptolémée »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Ptoléméese 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 « Prussien » (#25,779), « publiait » (#25,781), « Provençale » (#25,778). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Ptolémée » est au #25,780. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Ptolémée (IPA \ptɔ.le.me\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,780 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ptolémée, with forms such as "potlémée", "pptolémée", and "ptloémée". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Ptolémée, spelled P-T-O-L-É-M-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de divers personnages grecs :
  2. 2
    Nom de divers personnages grecs :
  3. 3
    Nom de divers personnages grecs :
  4. 4
    Nom de plusieurs pharaons ayant formé une dynastie de 332 à 30 avant J.-C.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mais alors il devenait inutile de calculer l’hendécagone. Et ce n’est pas là un polygone d’un calcul aisé comme le triangle et le carré dont Ptolémée a fait mention en hors-d’œuvre.

This word in other languages

Ptolemy(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • potlémée
  • pptolémée
  • ptloémée
  • ptolemee
  • ptollémée
  • ptolméée
  • ptolémeé
  • ptolémmée
  • ptolééme
  • ptoélmée
  • pttolémée
  • tpolémée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

potlémée2pptolémée1ptloémée2ptolemee2ptollémée1ptolméée2ptolémeé2ptolémmée1
Edit distance from "Ptolémée"

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 "Ptolémée"?
"Ptolémée" is spelled P-T-O-L-É-M-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ptɔ.le.me\.
What does "Ptolémée" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ptolémée" means: Nom de divers personnages grecs :
What are common misspellings of "Ptolémée"?
Common misspellings include "potlémée", "pptolémée", "ptloémée", "ptolemee", "ptollémée". The correct spelling is "Ptolémée".
How do you pronounce "Ptolémée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ptolémée" is \ptɔ.le.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ptolémée" come from?
"Ptolémée" 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 "Ptolémée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Prussien#25,779publiait#25,781protesté#25,777pressant#25,774

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

rectorat12 variantsportails12 variantsrévélait12 variantssarcasme12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list