similaire
\si.mi.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“similaire” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,875. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,875
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est homogène.
Corpus desk
Index FR-similaire · similaire · French
similaire · rank #3,875 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,875
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH semblant
Nearest frequency peer: semblant (-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 « similaire »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- saisir
saisir
96,129 corpus weight
- scolaires
scolaires
96,128 corpus weight
- semblant
semblant
96,127 corpus weight
- similaire
similaire
96,126 corpus weight
- stars
stars
96,125 corpus weight
- Steve
Steve
96,124 corpus weight
What this shows « similaire » 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 | similaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \si.mi.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « similaire »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around similaire (IPA \si.mi.lɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,875 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for similaire, with forms such as "ismilaire", "siimlaire", and "simialire". 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, "simulacre", "similaires", "similarité", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is similaire, spelled S-I-M-I-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est homogène.
- 2Se dit de rectangles, de triangles, de parallélépipèdes... formés par la multiplication des nombres proportionnels entre eux. On dit plutôt semblable.
- 3Rayon également réfrangible.
- 4Qualifie une chose semblable à une autre ou de même nature.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how similaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une masse d’or est un tout similaire, parce que chacune de ses parties est de l’or.
Ses parties sont similaires.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ismilaire
- siimlaire
- simialire
- similaier
- similairre
- similarie
- similiare
- simillaire
- simliaire
- simmilaire
- smiilaire
- ssimilaire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of similaire - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "similaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).