royaume

\ʁwa.jom\

/\ʁwa.jom\/ noun

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The verdict

“royaume” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,235
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pays dirigé par un roi ou une reine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-royaume · royaume · French

royaume · rank #1,235 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,235
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH publics

Nearest frequency peer: publics (-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 « royaume »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « royaume » 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).

royaume vs royaux
71% similar
royaume vs royauté
71% similar
royaume vs royaumes
88% similar

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

Key facts for royaume
PropertyValue
Headwordroyaume
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁwa.jom\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,235
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « royaume »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).royaumese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « publics » (#1,234), « russe » (#1,236), « principal » (#1,233). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « royaume » est au #1,235. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around royaume (IPA \ʁwa.jom\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,235 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for royaume, with forms such as "oryaume", "roayume", and "royamue". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "royaux", "royauté", "royaumes", and more, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is royaume, spelled R-O-Y-A-U-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pays dirigé par un roi ou une reine.
  2. 2
    Régime politique d'un tel pays.
  3. 3
    Lieu de béatitude posthume ; paradis.
  4. 4
    Domaine ou endroit propre à une personne, à un animal, à une chose.
  5. 5
    Brioche aux fruits confits, en forme de couronne, traditionnellement consommée à l’Épiphanie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si vous l’eussiez voulu, pour vous, j’aurais pu conquérir des royaumes.
  2. Si le déporté rentre sur le territoire du Royaume, il sera, sur la seule preuve de son identité, condamné aux travaux forcés à perpétuité.

Synonyms

couronne des rois

This word in other languages

kingdom(English)reino(Español)Königreich(Deutsch)reino(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oryaume
  • roayume
  • royamue
  • royauem
  • royaumme
  • royuame
  • royyaume
  • rroyaume
  • ryoaume

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oryaume2roayume2royamue2royauem2royaumme1royuame2royyaume1rroyaume1
Edit distance from "royaume"

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 "royaume"?
"royaume" is spelled R-O-Y-A-U-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁwa.jom\.
What does "royaume" mean?
As a noun, "royaume" means: Pays dirigé par un roi ou une reine.
What words are commonly confused with "royaume"?
"royaume" is commonly confused with "royaux", "royauté", "royaumes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "royaume"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "royaume" is \ʁwa.jom\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "royaume" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

publics#1,234jacques#1,231clients#1,225capable#1,222

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

secret9 variantsvoulais9 variantsdirect9 variantsdivers9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list