syntaxe

\sɛ̃.taks\

/\sɛ̃.taks\/ noun

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The verdict

“syntaxe” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,518. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,518
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arrangement des mots et construction des propositions dans la phrase selon les règles de la grammaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-syntaxe · syntaxe · French

syntaxe · rank #15,518 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,518
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH synopsis

Nearest frequency peer: synopsis (-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 « syntaxe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « syntaxe » 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).

syntaxe vs synthé
57% similar
syntaxe vs surtaxe
71% similar

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

Key facts for syntaxe
PropertyValue
Headwordsyntaxe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛ̃.taks\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,518
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « syntaxe »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).syntaxese 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 « synopsis » (#15,517), « Tahiti » (#15,519), « tait » (#15,520). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « syntaxe » est au #15,518. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around syntaxe (IPA \sɛ̃.taks\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,518 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for syntaxe, with forms such as "snytaxe", "ssyntaxe", and "synatxe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "synthé", "surtaxe", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 syntaxe, spelled S-Y-N-T-A-X-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arrangement des mots et construction des propositions dans la phrase selon les règles de la grammaire.
  2. 2
    Règles mêmes de la construction des mots et des phrases.
  3. 3
    Arrangement d'une ligne de commande avec les différents paramètres à disposition.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C'est qu'on n'a jamais voulu admettre dans les livres des vers composés sans souci de la rime, de la prosodie et de la syntaxe.
  2. Une syntaxe vraiment logique, qui exprime fidèlement et complètement la pensée, ne doit rien laisser à deviner.

This word in other languages

syntax(English)sintaxis(Español)Syntax(Deutsch)sintaxe(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • snytaxe
  • ssyntaxe
  • synatxe
  • synntaxe
  • syntaex
  • syntaxxe
  • synttaxe
  • syntxae
  • sytnaxe
  • syyntaxe
  • ysntaxe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

snytaxe2ssyntaxe1synatxe2synntaxe1syntaex2syntaxxe1synttaxe1syntxae2
Edit distance from "syntaxe"

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 "syntaxe"?
"syntaxe" is spelled S-Y-N-T-A-X-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃.taks\.
What does "syntaxe" mean?
As a noun, "syntaxe" means: Arrangement des mots et construction des propositions dans la phrase selon les règles de la grammaire.
What words are commonly confused with "syntaxe"?
"syntaxe" is commonly confused with "synthé", "surtaxe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "syntaxe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "syntaxe" is \sɛ̃.taks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "syntaxe" come from?
"syntaxe" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

vendant#15,533verdure#15,534vieilli#15,536running#15,496

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

reporté11 variantsreflets11 variantsrangées11 variantsamalgame11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list