traumatisme

\tʁo.ma.tism\

/\tʁo.ma.tism\/ noun

The verdict

“traumatisme” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,600. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,600
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État résultant d’une lésion causée par une blessure, un coup ou une série de chocs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-traumatisme · traumatisme · French

traumatisme · rank #10,600 · 16 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,600
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH traitent

Nearest frequency peer: traitent (-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 « traumatisme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « traumatisme » 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).

traumatisme vs traumatismes
92% similar
traumatisme vs traumatisé
82% similar
traumatisme vs traumatique
82% similar

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

Key facts for traumatisme
PropertyValue
Headwordtraumatisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁo.ma.tism\
Letters11
Frequency rank#10,600
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « traumatisme »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).traumatismese 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 « traitent » (#10,599), « traversent » (#10,601), « torse » (#10,598). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « traumatisme » est au #10,600. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around traumatisme (IPA \tʁo.ma.tism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,600 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for traumatisme, with forms such as "rtaumatisme", "tarumatisme", and "tramuatisme". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "traumatismes", "traumatisé", "traumatique", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is traumatisme, spelled T-R-A-U-M-A-T-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État résultant d’une lésion causée par une blessure, un coup ou une série de chocs.
  2. 2
    Conséquence d’un trauma psychologique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un défaut d’occlusion de la mâchoire, un mauvais appui du pied sur le sol, des chocs et des traumatismes peuvent également déclencher des contractures et douleurs cervico-dorsales.
  2. Nous l’ignorons, mais les accidentés de la main sont nombreux. On estime à un million quatre cent mille le nombre annuel de traumatismes de la main et du membre supérieur dont six cent vingt mille cas graves. Environ 28 % ont pour origine un accident du travail ou une maladie professionnelle.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtaumatisme
  • tarumatisme
  • tramuatisme
  • trauamtisme
  • traumaitsme
  • traumatimse
  • traumatisem
  • traumatismme
  • traumatissme
  • traumatsime
  • traumattisme
  • traummatisme
  • traumtaisme
  • trraumatisme
  • truamatisme
  • ttraumatisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of traumatisme - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

rtaumatisme2tarumatisme2tramuatisme2trauamtisme2traumaitsme2traumatimse2traumatisem2traumatismme1
Edit distance from "traumatisme"

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 "traumatisme"?
"traumatisme" is spelled T-R-A-U-M-A-T-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁo.ma.tism\.
What does "traumatisme" mean?
As a noun, "traumatisme" means: État résultant d’une lésion causée par une blessure, un coup ou une série de chocs.
What words are commonly confused with "traumatisme"?
"traumatisme" is commonly confused with "traumatismes", "traumatisé", "traumatique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "traumatisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "traumatisme" is \tʁo.ma.tism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "traumatisme" come from?
"traumatisme" 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 "traumatisme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list