synode
\si.nɔd\
The verdict
“synode” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,019
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assemblée ecclésiastique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-synode · synode · French
synode · rank #17,019 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,019
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH synagogue
Nearest frequency peer: synagogue (-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 « synode »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- SUV
SUV
82,985 corpus weight
- sympathiques
sympathiques
82,984 corpus weight
- synagogue
synagogue
82,983 corpus weight
- synode
synode
82,982 corpus weight
- sécurisée
sécurisée
82,981 corpus weight
- Tempo
Tempo
82,979 corpus weight
What this shows « synode » 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | synode |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.nɔd\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,019 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « synode »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around synode (IPA \si.nɔd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,019 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for synode, with forms such as "snyode", "ssynode", and "syndoe". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "synthé", "sonde", "sonore", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is synode, spelled S-Y-N-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Assemblée ecclésiastique.
- 2Assemblée ecclésiastique.
- 3Assemblée ecclésiastique.
- 4Assemblée ecclésiastique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how synode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On a même organisé des synodes d’évêques, vers le VIIIᵉ siècle pour délibérer de cette question.
L'étymologie du terme est d'ailleurs suggestive : « synode » vient du grec sun-odos, qui signifie « marcher ensemble », « faire route ensemble ». L'idée est immédiatement présente que l'Église existe grâce à la convergence et à la participation de tous.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- snyode
- ssynode
- syndoe
- synnode
- synodde
- synoed
- syonde
- syynode
- ysnode
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of synode - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "synode", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).