rampe

\ʁɑ̃p\

/\ʁɑ̃p\/ noun

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The verdict

“rampe” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,840. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,840
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plan incliné sur lequel est établi un escalier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rampe · rampe · French

rampe · rank #11,840 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,840
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH pèlerinage

Nearest frequency peer: pèlerinage (-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 « rampe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rampe » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rampe vs rap
60% similar
rampe vs Rome
40% similar
rampe vs rare
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rampe
PropertyValue
Headwordrampe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɑ̃p\
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,840
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rampe »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rampese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pèlerinage » (#11,839), « prône » (#11,838), « rejoignent » (#11,842). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rampe » est au #11,840. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around rampe (IPA \ʁɑ̃p\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,840 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rampe, with forms such as "armpe", "ramep", and "rammpe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rap", "Rome", "rare", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rampe, spelled R-A-M-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plan incliné sur lequel est établi un escalier.
  2. 2
    Plan incliné par lequel on monte ou l’on descend, et qui tient lieu d’escalier.
  3. 3
    Pente d’une colline, d’une route, d’une voie ferrée.
  4. 4
    Balustrade de fer, de pierre ou de bois qu’on pose le long d’un escalier pour empêcher de tomber, pour servir d’appui à ceux qui montent ou qui descendent.
  5. 5
    Rebord qui limite le devant de la scène.
  6. 6
    Rangée de lumières qui est placée le long de ce rebord.
  7. 7
    Ensemble de feux spéciaux d’avertissement équipant un véhicule.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les marches de cette rampe sont trop hautes.
  2. Si nous portons la largeur de base du talus contre la pyramide à 100 mètres, le cubage de la rampe atteint 717.000 m³, et si dans ce dernier cas nous réduisons l'inclinaison de la rampe à 15°, le cubage dépasserait légèrement un million de mètres cubes.

Synonyms

plan inclinémain courantebalustradeparapetgarde-corpsgarde-fougyropharefeu à éclats

This word in other languages

ramp(English)rampa(Español)Rampe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • armpe
  • ramep
  • rammpe
  • ramppe
  • rapme
  • rmape
  • rrampe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rampe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

armpe2ramep2rammpe1ramppe1rapme2rmape2rrampe1
Edit distance from "rampe"

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 "rampe"?
"rampe" is spelled R-A-M-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ̃p\.
What does "rampe" mean?
As a noun, "rampe" means: Plan incliné sur lequel est établi un escalier.
What words are commonly confused with "rampe"?
"rampe" is commonly confused with "rap", "Rome", "rare". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rampe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rampe" is \ʁɑ̃p\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rampe" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rampe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prône#11,838paroi#11,823osent#11,819stats#11,864

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

tuant7 variantshuman7 variantsfatal7 variantsArles7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list