similarité

\si.mi.la.ʁi.te\

/\si.mi.la.ʁi.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“similarité” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,876. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,876
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualité intrinsèque de choses similaires, semblables.

Corpus desk

Index FR-similarite · similarité · French

similarité · rank #45,876 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,876
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sibylle

Nearest frequency peer: sibylle (-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 « similarité »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « similarité » 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).

similarité vs similarités
91% similar
similarité vs similaire
70% similar

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

Key facts for similarité
PropertyValue
Headwordsimilarité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.mi.la.ʁi.te\
Letters10
Frequency rank#45,876
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « similarité »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sibylle » (#45,875), « simplet » (#45,877), « sirops » (#45,878). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « similarité » est au #45,876. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around similarité (IPA \si.mi.la.ʁi.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,876 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qualité intrinsèque de choses similaires, semblables.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for similarité, with forms such as "ismilarité", "siimlarité", and "simialrité". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "similarités", "similaire", 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 similarité, spelled S-I-M-I-L-A-R-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualité intrinsèque de choses similaires, semblables.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La dissimilarité sexuelle y a bien été pour quelque chose, mais pas autant que la similarité intellectuelle.

Synonyms

ressemblancesimilitude

Antonyms

dissimilarité

This word in other languages

similarity(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ismilarité
  • siimlarité
  • simialrité
  • similairté
  • similarite
  • similaritté
  • similariét
  • similarrité
  • similartié
  • simillarité
  • similraité
  • simliarité
  • simmilarité
  • smiilarité
  • ssimilarité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ismilarité2siimlarité2simialrité2similairté2similarite1similaritté1similariét2similarrité1
Edit distance from "similarité"

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 "similarité"?
"similarité" is spelled S-I-M-I-L-A-R-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \si.mi.la.ʁi.te\.
What does "similarité" mean?
As a noun, "similarité" means: Qualité intrinsèque de choses similaires, semblables.
What words are commonly confused with "similarité"?
"similarité" is commonly confused with "similarités", "similaire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "similarité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "similarité" is \si.mi.la.ʁi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "similarité" come from?
"similarité" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stationnée#45,887répétitifs#45,854supervisée#45,898sécurisant#45,903

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

stationnées15 variantstotalisent15 variantsviticulteur15 variantsproclamés15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list