steeple

Name: steeple, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\stipl\

/\stipl\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“steeple” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,621. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,621
frequency rank, French: 6,032
“S” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Course d’athlétisme où les athlètes doivent franchir une distance de 3000 mètres, semé de hautes barrières, dont quelques unes sont au niveau du sol et d’autres sont suivies par un fossé rempli d’eau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-steeple · steeple · French

steeple · rank #47,621 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

FREQ-MID #47,621
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,032
PHOTO-FINISH statisticien

Nearest frequency peer: statisticien (-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.

sponsorisée

52,384
sprints

52,383
statisticien

52,381
steeple

52,380
subissons

52,378
subversive

52,377

What this shows « steeple » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

steeple vs stèle

57% similar

steeple vs steppe

71% similar

steeple vs Steeve

57% similar

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

Key facts for steeple
Property	Value
Headword	steeple
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\stipl\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#47,621
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « steeple »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).steeplese place ici:

#47,621

#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 « statisticien » (#47,620), « subissons » (#47,623), « sprints » (#47,618). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « steeple » est au #47,621. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around steeple (IPA \stipl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,621 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for steeple, with forms such as "seteple", "ssteeple", and "steelpe". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "stèle", "steppe", "Steeve", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is steeple, spelled S-T-E-E-P-L-E.

Definition

1
Course d’athlétisme où les athlètes doivent franchir une distance de 3000 mètres, semé de hautes barrières, dont quelques unes sont au niveau du sol et d’autres sont suivies par un fossé rempli d’eau.
2
Steeple-chase.
3
Maladie, irritation par asséchement de la muqueuse buccale. Attaques ponctuelles, parfois nocturnes; senties ou douloureuses. Des lèvres, elle peut s’étendre à la langue et aux joues, parfois aussi à la gorge.

This word in other languages

steeplechase(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

seteple
ssteeple
steelpe
steepel
steeplle
steepple
stepele
steple
stteeple
tseeple

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of steeple - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "steeple"

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 "steeple"?

"steeple" is spelled S-T-E-E-P-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \stipl\.

What does "steeple" mean?

As a noun, "steeple" means: Course d’athlétisme où les athlètes doivent franchir une distance de 3000 mètres, semé de hautes barrières, dont quelques unes sont au niveau du sol et d’autres sont suivies par un fossé rempli d’eau.

What words are commonly confused with "steeple"?

"steeple" is commonly confused with "stèle", "steppe", "Steeve". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "steeple"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "steeple" is \stipl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "steeple" come from?

"steeple" 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 "steeple", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sprints#47,618 suceuse#47,625 shields#47,609 taillis#47,638

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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