Pyramide
\py.ra.ˈmiː.də\
The verdict
“Pyramide” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,388. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,388
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pyramide (forme géométrique ou édifice).
Corpus desk
Index FR-pyramide · Pyramide · French
Pyramide · rank #10,388 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,388
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH rabat
Nearest frequency peer: rabat (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Pyramide”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- proposait
proposait
89,617 corpus weight
- protestants
protestants
89,616 corpus weight
- Pyramide
Pyramide
89,613 corpus weight
- rabat
rabat
89,612 corpus weight
- ravie
ravie
89,610 corpus weight
- rejetée
rejetée
89,609 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pyramide” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Pyramide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \py.ra.ˈmiː.də\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “Pyramide” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Pyramide (IPA \py.ra.ˈmiː.də\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,388 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pyramide (forme géométrique ou édifice).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pyramide, with forms such as "ppyramide", "pryamide", and "pyarmide". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pyramides", "pyramidal", "pyramidale", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Pyramide, spelled P-Y-R-A-M-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Pyramide (forme géométrique ou édifice).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Pyramide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unter fremden Sternbildern, vor den steinernen Zeugen der Pyramiden hatte [Napoleon] gefochten, war dann, müd, ein grandios begonnenes Werk zäh zu vollenden, auf winzigem Schiffe durchgeschlüpft zwischen den lauernden Korvetten Nelsons, faßte ein paar Tage nach seiner Ankunft eine Handvoll Getreuer zusammen, fegte den widerstrebenden Konvent rein und riß…
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppyramide
- pryamide
- pyarmide
- pyraimde
- pyramdie
- pyramidde
- pyramied
- pyrammide
- pyrmaide
- pyrramide
- pyyramide
- ypramide
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pyramide - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Pyramide", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Pyramide". Here's where to go from here.
- "Pyramide" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "pyramides". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,388 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.