speed

\spid\

/\spid\/ noun

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The verdict

“speed” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,917. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,917
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Amphétamine utilisée comme drogue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-speed · speed · French

speed · rank #9,917 · 7 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,917
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH soupçons

Nearest frequency peer: soupçons (-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 « speed »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « speed » 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).

speed vs sweet
60% similar
speed vs steel
60% similar
speed vs spleen
67% similar

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

Key facts for speed
PropertyValue
Headwordspeed
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\spid\
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,917
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « speed »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).speedse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « soupçons » (#9,916), « stagiaire » (#9,918), « souhaitons » (#9,915). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « speed » est au #9,917. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around speed (IPA \spid\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,917 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Amphétamine utilisée comme drogue.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for speed, with forms such as "pseed", "seped", and "sped". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "sweet", "steel", "spleen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is speed, spelled S-P-E-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Amphétamine utilisée comme drogue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les diabétiques et les femmes enceintes devraient éviter de consommer du speed.
  2. Monk prend de la dope depuis très longtemps. De tout, indifféremment. Des tranquillisants, de la coke, de l’alcool, du speed (ce qui expliquerait ses veilles de trois jours, suivies d’un effondrement complet), sans doute des acides, quoiqu’il soit un peu vieux pour ça…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pseed
  • seped
  • sped
  • spede
  • speedd
  • sppeed
  • sspeed

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pseed2seped2sped1spede2speedd1sppeed1sspeed1
Edit distance from "speed"

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 "speed"?
"speed" is spelled S-P-E-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is \spid\.
What does "speed" mean?
As a noun, "speed" means: Amphétamine utilisée comme drogue.
What words are commonly confused with "speed"?
"speed" is commonly confused with "sweet", "steel", "spleen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "speed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "speed" is \spid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "speed" come from?
"speed" 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 "speed", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tabou#9,925teddy#9,927Vichy#9,937pleut#9,890

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

valley7 variantsannales7 variantsayons7 variantsbanal7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list