SPVM

\ɛs.pe.ve.ɛm\

/\ɛs.pe.ve.ɛm\/ noun

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The verdict

“SPVM” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,173. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,173
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Service de police de la Ville de Montréal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-spvm · SPVM · French

SPVM · rank #21,173 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,173
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sorel

Nearest frequency peer: Sorel (-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 « SPVM »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « SPVM » 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).

SPVM vs SV
50% similar
SPVM vs SVP
50% similar
SPVM vs SUV
50% similar

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

Key facts for SPVM
PropertyValue
HeadwordSPVM
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.pe.ve.ɛm\
Letters4
Frequency rank#21,173
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « SPVM »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).SPVMse 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 « Sorel » (#21,172), « strong » (#21,174), « smash » (#21,171). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « SPVM » est au #21,173. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around SPVM (IPA \ɛs.pe.ve.ɛm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,173 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Service de police de la Ville de Montréal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for SPVM, with forms such as "psvm", "spmv", and "sppvm". 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, "SV", "SVP", "SUV", 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is SPVM, spelled S-P-V-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Service de police de la Ville de Montréal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À cet effet, le SPVM pourrait s'inspirer des recommandations formulées par le juge Frank Iacobucci dans le rapport qu'il a produit à l'intention de la police de Toronto, en 2014.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psvm
  • spmv
  • sppvm
  • spvmm
  • spvvm
  • sspvm
  • svpm

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

psvm2spmv2sppvm1spvmm1spvvm1sspvm1svpm2
Edit distance from "SPVM"

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 "SPVM"?
"SPVM" is spelled S-P-V-M. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.pe.ve.ɛm\.
What does "SPVM" mean?
As a noun, "SPVM" means: Service de police de la Ville de Montréal.
What words are commonly confused with "SPVM"?
"SPVM" is commonly confused with "SV", "SVP", "SUV". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "SPVM"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "SPVM" is \ɛs.pe.ve.ɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "SPVM" come from?
"SPVM" 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 "SPVM", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

shin#21,166Toni#21,188toto#21,191twin#21,195

Similar misspelling depth

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

Sorel7 variantsSasha7 variantsramon7 variantsAcadie7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list