speech

\spitʃ\

/\spitʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“speech” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,548. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,548
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Allocution familière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-speech · speech · French

speech · rank #29,548 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,548
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH soyeux

Nearest frequency peer: soyeux (-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 « speech »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « speech » 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).

speech vs speed
67% similar
speech vs speedy
67% similar
speech vs sketch
67% similar

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

Key facts for speech
PropertyValue
Headwordspeech
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\spitʃ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,548
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « speech »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.speechse 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 « soyeux » (#29,547), « statuettes » (#29,549), « souk » (#29,546). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « speech » est au #29,548. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around speech (IPA \spitʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,548 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Allocution familière.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for speech, with forms such as "pseech", "sepech", and "speceh". 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, "speed", "speedy", "sketch", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is speech, spelled S-P-E-E-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Allocution familière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De cinq heure à neuf heures, les notables de Soulanges venaient échanger les nouvelles, faire leurs speech politiques, commenter les événements de la vie privée de toute la vallée, et parler des Aigues, qui défrayaient la conversation pendant une heure tous les jours.
  2. Des hurrahs accueillirent le speech du capitaine.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pseech
  • sepech
  • speceh
  • spech
  • speecch
  • speechh
  • speehc
  • sppeech
  • sspeech

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of speech - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

pseech2sepech2speceh2spech1speecch1speechh1speehc2sppeech1
Edit distance from "speech"

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 "speech"?
"speech" is spelled S-P-E-E-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \spitʃ\.
What does "speech" mean?
As a noun, "speech" means: Allocution familière.
What words are commonly confused with "speech"?
"speech" is commonly confused with "speed", "speedy", "sketch". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "speech"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "speech" is \spitʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "speech" come from?
"speech" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soyeux#29,547sonate#29,544subway#29,555Senlis#29,538

Similar misspelling depth

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

tracas9 variantstribun9 variantspâture9 variantspuéril9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list