python
\pi.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“python” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,980. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,980
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Type de serpents, les plus grands des ophidiens.
Corpus desk
Index FR-python · python · French
python · rank #15,980 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,980
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH publiant
Nearest frequency peer: publiant (-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 « python »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- préparait
préparait
84,024 corpus weight
- publiant
publiant
84,022 corpus weight
- python
python
84,021 corpus weight
- pédophile
pédophile
84,020 corpus weight
- pédophilie
pédophilie
84,019 corpus weight
- pénalités
pénalités
84,018 corpus weight
What this shows « python » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | python |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « python »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around python (IPA \pi.tɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,980 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Type de serpents, les plus grands des ophidiens.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for python, with forms such as "ppython", "ptyhon", and "pyhton". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "piton", "patron", "potion", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is python, spelled P-Y-T-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Type de serpents, les plus grands des ophidiens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how python appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si nous examinons la tête d’un python et celle d’un boa, nous trouvons une différence notable. Chez le python, elle est recouverte à sa partie supérieure de plaques polygonales, tandis que celle du boa est recouverte d’écailles.
Une famille de la Malaisie est restée stupéfaite lorsqu’elle a découvert que trois gros pythons avaient réussi à s’introduire dans le plafond de leur résidence.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppython
- ptyhon
- pyhton
- pythhon
- pythno
- pythonn
- pytohn
- pytthon
- pyython
- ypthon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of python - 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.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).