symptômes

\sɛ̃p.tɔm\

/\sɛ̃p.tɔm\/ noun

The verdict

“symptômes” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,289. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,289
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de symptôme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-symptomes · symptômes · French

symptômes · rank #4,289 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,289
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stupide

Nearest frequency peer: stupide (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “symptômes”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “symptômes” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

symptômes vs symptôme
89% similar

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

Key facts for symptômes
PropertyValue
Headwordsymptômes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛ̃p.tɔm\
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,289
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “symptômes” se place dans la fréquence du français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « stupide » (#4,288), « sons » (#4,287), « tenant » (#4,291). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around symptômes (IPA \sɛ̃p.tɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,289 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de symptôme.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for symptômes, with forms such as "smyptômes", "ssymptômes", and "symmptômes". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "symptôme", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is symptômes, spelled S-Y-M-P-T-Ô-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de symptôme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Donner de la drogue ou un verre d’alcool à quelqu’un qui suit une cure de désintoxication, sous prétexte qu’il souffre des symptômes du sevrage, lui procurera sans doute un soulagement momentané apprécié, mais un tel geste ne lui fera aucun bien à long terme.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • smyptômes
  • ssymptômes
  • symmptômes
  • sympptômes
  • symptmôes
  • symptomes
  • sympttômes
  • symptôems
  • symptômess
  • symptômmes
  • symptômse
  • sympôtmes
  • symtpômes
  • sypmtômes
  • syymptômes
  • ysmptômes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

smyptômes2ssymptômes1symmptômes1sympptômes1symptmôes2symptomes1sympttômes1symptôems2
Edit distance from "symptômes"

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 "symptômes"?
"symptômes" is spelled S-Y-M-P-T-Ô-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃p.tɔm\.
What does "symptômes" mean?
As a noun, "symptômes" means: Pluriel de symptôme.
What words are commonly confused with "symptômes"?
"symptômes" is commonly confused with "symptôme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "symptômes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "symptômes" is \sɛ̃p.tɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "symptômes" come from?
"symptômes" 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 "symptômes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

What to do next

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  • This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "symptôme". View pair
  • 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #4,289 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list