simultané

\si.myl.ta.ne\

/\si.myl.ta.ne\/ adj

The verdict

“simultané” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,231. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,231
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a lieu en même temps qu’une autre chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-simultane · simultané · French

simultané · rank #27,231 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,231
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH skier

Nearest frequency peer: skier (+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 « simultané »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « simultané » 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).

simultané vs simultanée
90% similar
simultané vs simultanés
90% similar
simultané vs simultanées
82% similar

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

Key facts for simultané
PropertyValue
Headwordsimultané
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\si.myl.ta.ne\
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,231
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « simultané »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.simultanése 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 « skier » (#27,232), « sacrements » (#27,229), « smile » (#27,233). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « simultané » est au #27,231. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around simultané (IPA \si.myl.ta.ne\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,231 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui a lieu en même temps qu’une autre chose.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for simultané, with forms such as "ismultané", "simlutané", and "simmultané". 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, "simultanée", "simultanés", "simultanées", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is simultané, spelled S-I-M-U-L-T-A-N-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a lieu en même temps qu’une autre chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le sens haptique résulte de l'activité simultanée et coordonnée des récepteurs tactiles et kinesthésiques qui fournissent de l'objet une perception unique en trois dimensions.
  2. Il y eut alors une crise terrible pour l’empereur, quand, enfermé dans l’île de Lobau, il parut devoir succomber à l’attaque simultanée de l’Angleterre et de l’Autriche.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ismultané
  • simlutané
  • simmultané
  • simulatné
  • simulltané
  • simultane
  • simultanné
  • simultaén
  • simultnaé
  • simulttané
  • simutlané
  • siumltané
  • smiultané
  • ssimultané

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ismultané2simlutané2simmultané1simulatné2simulltané1simultane1simultanné1simultaén2
Edit distance from "simultané"

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 "simultané"?
"simultané" is spelled S-I-M-U-L-T-A-N-É. The IPA pronunciation is \si.myl.ta.ne\.
What does "simultané" mean?
As an adjective, "simultané" means: Qui a lieu en même temps qu’une autre chose.
What words are commonly confused with "simultané"?
"simultané" is commonly confused with "simultanée", "simultanés", "simultanées". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "simultané"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "simultané" is \si.myl.ta.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "simultané" come from?
"simultané" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "simultané", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list