Pythagore
\pi.ta.ɡɔʁ\
The verdict
“Pythagore” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,969. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,969
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom d'un mathématicien, philosophe présocratique et astronome de la Grèce antique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pythagore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pi.ta.ɡɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pythagore” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Pythagore (IPA \pi.ta.ɡɔʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,969 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom d'un mathématicien, philosophe présocratique et astronome de la Grèce antique.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pythagore, with forms such as "ppythagore", "ptyhagore", and "pyhtagore". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Pythagore, spelled P-Y-T-H-A-G-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Nom d'un mathématicien, philosophe présocratique et astronome de la Grèce antique.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppythagore
- ptyhagore
- pyhtagore
- pytahgore
- pythaggore
- pythagoer
- pythagorre
- pythagroe
- pythaogre
- pythgaore
- pythhagore
- pytthagore
- pyythagore
- ypthagore
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pythagore - 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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Using “Pythagore”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-Y-T-H-A-G-O-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pi.ta.ɡɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.