synonymie

\si.nɔ.ni.mi\

/\si.nɔ.ni.mi\/ noun

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The verdict

“synonymie” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,633. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,633
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caractère de ce qui est synonyme. Relation entre deux ou plusieurs signifiants, telle que ces signifiants sont interchangeables, sans qu’il y ait variation concomitante du signifié.

Corpus desk

Index FR-synonymie · synonymie · French

synonymie · rank #47,633 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,633
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH synchrone

Nearest frequency peer: synchrone (-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 « synonymie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « synonymie » 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).

synonymie vs synonyme
89% similar
synonymie vs synonymes
78% similar

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

Key facts for synonymie
PropertyValue
Headwordsynonymie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.nɔ.ni.mi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#47,633
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « synonymie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.synonymiese 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 « synchrone » (#47,632), « sympathiser » (#47,631), « sédimentation » (#47,635). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « synonymie » est au #47,633. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around synonymie (IPA \si.nɔ.ni.mi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,633 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for synonymie, with forms such as "snyonymie", "ssynonymie", and "synnonymie". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "synonyme", "synonymes", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is synonymie, spelled S-Y-N-O-N-Y-M-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère de ce qui est synonyme. Relation entre deux ou plusieurs signifiants, telle que ces signifiants sont interchangeables, sans qu’il y ait variation concomitante du signifié.
  2. 2
    Figure de rhétorique qui exprime la même chose par des synonymes.
  3. 3
    Rapprochement, concordance des divers noms qui ont été donnés à un même animal, à une même plante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La synonymie des deux mots courroux et colère.
  2. Le genre Dufourea Ach, a eu le défaut d’être homonyme d’un Dufourea Bory désignant des phanérogames, et, lichénologiquement, celui d’être mal défini ; en effet, sa synonymie nous donne les espèces suivantes : […].

Antonyms

antonymie

This word in other languages

synonymy(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • snyonymie
  • ssynonymie
  • synnonymie
  • synnoymie
  • synonmyie
  • synonnymie
  • synonyime
  • synonymei
  • synonymmie
  • synonyymie
  • synoynmie
  • syonnymie
  • syynonymie
  • ysnonymie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of synonymie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

snyonymie2ssynonymie1synnonymie1synnoymie2synonmyie2synonnymie1synonyime2synonymei2
Edit distance from "synonymie"

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 "synonymie"?
"synonymie" is spelled S-Y-N-O-N-Y-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \si.nɔ.ni.mi\.
What does "synonymie" mean?
As a noun, "synonymie" means: Caractère de ce qui est synonyme. Relation entre deux ou plusieurs signifiants, telle que ces signifiants sont interchangeables, sans qu’il y ait variation concomitante du signifié.
What words are commonly confused with "synonymie"?
"synonymie" is commonly confused with "synonyme", "synonymes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "synonymie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "synonymie" is \si.nɔ.ni.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "synonymie" come from?
"synonymie" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

synchrone#47,632Supernova#47,628subissons#47,623terrorise#47,645

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

somnifère14 variantstournerait14 variantstraduirait14 variantstransiger14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list