spike

\spajk\

/\spajk\/ noun

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The verdict

“spike” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,474. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,474
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Potentiel de pointe, potentiel d'action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-spike · spike · French

spike · rank #21,474 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,474
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH SPD

Nearest frequency peer: SPD (-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 « spike »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « spike » 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).

spike vs spin
60% similar
spike vs suie
60% similar
spike vs suite
60% similar

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

Key facts for spike
PropertyValue
Headwordspike
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\spajk\
Letters5
Frequency rank#21,474
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « spike »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.spikese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « SPD » (#21,473), « statuer » (#21,475), « soude » (#21,472). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « spike » est au #21,474. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around spike (IPA \spajk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,474 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Potentiel de pointe, potentiel d'action.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for spike, with forms such as "psike", "sipke", and "spiek". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "spin", "suie", "suite", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is spike, spelled S-P-I-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Potentiel de pointe, potentiel d'action.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C'est cette brève impulsion qui constitue un potentiel d'action ou un spike.
  2. On simule l'arrivée d'un potentiel d'action sur la membrane du neurone via un transmetteur chimique excitateur. Quand vous avez vu le spike, changez de neurotransmetteur et mettez du GABA.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psike
  • sipke
  • spiek
  • spikke
  • spkie
  • sppike
  • sspike

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

psike2sipke2spiek2spikke1spkie2sppike1sspike1
Edit distance from "spike"

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 "spike"?
"spike" is spelled S-P-I-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is \spajk\.
What does "spike" mean?
As a noun, "spike" means: Potentiel de pointe, potentiel d'action.
What words are commonly confused with "spike"?
"spike" is commonly confused with "spin", "suie", "suite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spike"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spike" is \spajk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spike" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

soude#21,472tapie#21,482rêvez#21,461tract#21,489

Similar misspelling depth

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

selles7 variantsRTBF7 variantsYvonne7 variantsantre7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list