stigmate

\stiɡ.mat\

/\stiɡ.mat\/ noun

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The verdict

“stigmate” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,953. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,953
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extrémité supérieure d’un style d’un pistil d’une fleur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stigmate · stigmate · French

stigmate · rank #49,953 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #49,953
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH spéculatifs

Nearest frequency peer: spéculatifs (-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 « stigmate »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « stigmate » 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).

stigmate vs stigmates
89% similar

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

Key facts for stigmate
PropertyValue
Headwordstigmate
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\stiɡ.mat\
Letters8
Frequency rank#49,953
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « stigmate »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).stigmatese 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 « spéculatifs » (#49,952), « stipulations » (#49,954), « spécifiant » (#49,951). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stigmate » est au #49,953. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around stigmate (IPA \stiɡ.mat\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,953 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for stigmate, with forms such as "sitgmate", "sstigmate", and "stgimate". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "stigmates", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is stigmate, spelled S-T-I-G-M-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extrémité supérieure d’un style d’un pistil d’une fleur.
  2. 2
    Marque, cicatrice que laisse une plaie.
  3. 3
    Les cinq plaies de Jésus-Christ, que, par mimétisme, certains saints auraient eues aux pieds, aux mains et au côté.
  4. 4
    Marque d’infamie.
  5. 5
    Orifice des trachées, organe respiratoire placé sur les côtés du corps des insectes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le style est long car il est nécessaire de tenir haut le stigmate de façon à ce que les abeilles puissent s'y cogner. Cela oblige le tube pollinique à se lancer dans une odyssée difficile et cette épreuve permet à la plante de jauger ses prétendants.
  2. Il vient d’avoir la petite vérole, il en a encore les stigmates.

This word in other languages

stigma(English)estigma(Español)Stigma(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sitgmate
  • sstigmate
  • stgimate
  • stigamte
  • stiggmate
  • stigmaet
  • stigmatte
  • stigmmate
  • stigmtae
  • stimgate
  • sttigmate
  • tsigmate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

sitgmate2sstigmate1stgimate2stigamte2stiggmate1stigmaet2stigmatte1stigmmate1
Edit distance from "stigmate"

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 "stigmate"?
"stigmate" is spelled S-T-I-G-M-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \stiɡ.mat\.
What does "stigmate" mean?
As a noun, "stigmate" means: Extrémité supérieure d’un style d’un pistil d’une fleur.
What words are commonly confused with "stigmate"?
"stigmate" is commonly confused with "stigmates". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "stigmate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stigmate" is \stiɡ.mat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stigmate" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list