Pyramide

/\py.ra.ˈmiː.də\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,388

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Pyramide is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pyramide (forme géométrique ou édifice). Pronounced \py.ra.ˈmiː.də\. Often confused with pyramides and pyramidal.

Key facts for Pyramide
PropertyValue
HeadwordPyramide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\py.ra.ˈmiː.də\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,388
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Pyramide in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Pyramide is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \py.ra.ˈmiː.də\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,388 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pyramide (forme géométrique ou édifice).".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Pyramide, with forms such as "ppyramide", "pryamide", and "pyarmide". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pyramides", "pyramidal", "pyramidale", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Pyramide, spelled P-Y-R-A-M-I-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pyramide (forme géométrique ou édifice).

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ppyramide,pryamide,pyarmide,pyraimde,pyramdie,pyramidde,pyramied,pyrammide,pyrmaide,pyrramide,pyyramide,ypramide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Pyramide

Misspelling Variants of "Pyramide"

ppyramide9pryamide8pyarmide8pyraimde8pyramdie8pyramidde9pyramied8pyrammide9
Misspelling Variants of "Pyramide"

Frequency rank: #10,388 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pyramide"?
"Pyramide" is spelled P-Y-R-A-M-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \py.ra.ˈmiː.də\.
What does "Pyramide" mean?
As a noun, "Pyramide" means: Pyramide (forme géométrique ou édifice).
What words are commonly confused with "Pyramide"?
"Pyramide" is commonly confused with "pyramides", "pyramidal", "pyramidale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Pyramide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pyramide" is \py.ra.ˈmiː.də\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pyramide" come from?
"Pyramide" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.