seizième

\sɛ.zjɛm\

/\sɛ.zjɛm\/ adj

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The verdict

“seizième” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,571. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,571
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui vient après le quinzième.

Corpus desk

Index FR-seizieme · seizième · French

seizième · rank #20,571 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,571
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sectes

Nearest frequency peer: sectes (-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 « seizième »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « seizième » 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).

seizième vs sixième
75% similar
seizième vs septième
75% similar
seizième vs XVIe
13% similar

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

Key facts for seizième
PropertyValue
Headwordseizième
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛ.zjɛm\
Letters8
Frequency rank#20,571
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « seizième »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).seizièmese 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 « sectes » (#20,570), « semelle » (#20,572), « scrupules » (#20,569). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « seizième » est au #20,571. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around seizième (IPA \sɛ.zjɛm\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,571 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui vient après le quinzième.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for seizième, with forms such as "esizième", "seiizème", and "seizieme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sixième", "septième", "XVIe", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is seizième, spelled S-E-I-Z-I-È-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui vient après le quinzième.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nos terroristes du quinzième et du seizième siècle ont été des moines. Les prisons monastiques furent toujours les plus cruelles.
  2. Alors qu’il vit la seizième saison de sa carrière professionnelle, Maxime Bouet sent que l’heure de s’en aller se rapproche.

This word in other languages

sixteenth(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esizième
  • seiizème
  • seizieme
  • seizimèe
  • seizièem
  • seizièmme
  • seizzième
  • seizèime
  • seziième
  • siezième
  • sseizième

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seizième - 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.

esizième2seiizème2seizieme1seizimèe2seizièem2seizièmme1seizzième1seizèime2
Edit distance from "seizième"

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 "seizième"?
"seizième" is spelled S-E-I-Z-I-È-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ.zjɛm\.
What does "seizième" mean?
As an adjective, "seizième" means: Qui vient après le quinzième.
What words are commonly confused with "seizième"?
"seizième" is commonly confused with "sixième", "septième", "XVIe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "seizième"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seizième" is \sɛ.zjɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seizième" come from?
"seizième" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list