sperme

\spɛʁm\

/\spɛʁm\/ noun

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The verdict

“sperme” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,079. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,079
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Liquide émis lors de l’éjaculation et produit par les organes génitaux masculins. Il contient des spermatozoïdes en suspension dans le liquide séminal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sperme · sperme · French

sperme · rank #10,079 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,079
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH souple

Nearest frequency peer: souple (-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 « sperme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sperme » 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).

sperme vs spire
67% similar
sperme vs sphère
50% similar
sperme vs superbe
71% similar

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

Key facts for sperme
PropertyValue
Headwordsperme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\spɛʁm\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,079
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sperme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.spermese 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 « souple » (#10,078), « suffrage » (#10,080), « souhaitait » (#10,077). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sperme » est au #10,079. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around sperme (IPA \spɛʁm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,079 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sperme, with forms such as "pserme", "seprme", and "spemre". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "spire", "sphère", "superbe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sperme, spelled S-P-E-R-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Liquide émis lors de l’éjaculation et produit par les organes génitaux masculins. Il contient des spermatozoïdes en suspension dans le liquide séminal.
  2. 2
    Agrafe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La liqueur fécondante se nomme le sperme.
  2. L’insémination intra-utérine intraconjugale en laboratoire ou cabinet médical, qui allie induction d’ovulation et préparation-lavage du sperme qui sera injecté dans l’utérus, lors d’une infertilité masculine ou féminine.

Synonyms

dècheéjaculatfoutrehuile de reinsjus de cordomjus de cordumjuteliquide séminalsirop de cordomsirop de cordummespersemence

This word in other languages

sperm(English)esperma(Español)Samen(Deutsch)esperma(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pserme
  • seprme
  • spemre
  • sperem
  • spermme
  • sperrme
  • spperme
  • spreme
  • ssperme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pserme2seprme2spemre2sperem2spermme1sperrme1spperme1spreme2
Edit distance from "sperme"

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 "sperme"?
"sperme" is spelled S-P-E-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \spɛʁm\.
What does "sperme" mean?
As a noun, "sperme" means: Liquide émis lors de l’éjaculation et produit par les organes génitaux masculins. Il contient des spermatozoïdes en suspension dans le liquide séminal.
What words are commonly confused with "sperme"?
"sperme" is commonly confused with "spire", "sphère", "superbe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sperme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sperme" is \spɛʁm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sperme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

souple#10,078sultan#10,082sonner#10,075singes#10,074

Similar misspelling depth

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

vallées9 variantsvisuelle9 variantspenche9 variantsburger9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list