uniforme

\y.ni.fɔʁm\

/\y.ni.fɔʁm\/ adj

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The verdict

“uniforme” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,197. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,197
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui présente partout et toujours la même forme, la même unicité, la même constance, la même manière d’être; où l’on n’aperçoit aucune différence, aucun changement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-uniforme · uniforme · French

uniforme · rank #4,197 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,197
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH trône

Nearest frequency peer: trône (-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 « uniforme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « uniforme » 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).

uniforme vs uniformes
89% similar
uniforme vs uniformité
70% similar

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

Key facts for uniforme
PropertyValue
Headworduniforme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\y.ni.fɔʁm\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,197
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « uniforme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.uniformese 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 « trône » (#4,196), « tissu » (#4,195), « windows » (#4,199). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « uniforme » est au #4,197. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around uniforme (IPA \y.ni.fɔʁm\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,197 among 456 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for uniforme, with forms such as "nuiforme", "uinforme", and "unfiorme". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "uniformes", "uniformité", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is uniforme, spelled U-N-I-F-O-R-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui présente partout et toujours la même forme, la même unicité, la même constance, la même manière d’être; où l’on n’aperçoit aucune différence, aucun changement.
  2. 2
    Se dit d’une probabilité sur un univers fini pour laquelle tous les événements élémentaires sont équiprobables. Se dit également d’une probabilité sur un segment de R proportionnelle à la mesure de Lebesgue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le général, tout préoccupé, se promena silencieusement, les bras croisés, allant d'un pas uniforme des fenêtres qui donnaient sur la rue aux fenêtres du jardin.
  2. Et sa voix alors prenait une intonation dolente et uniforme, enflant les mots, appuyant indéfiniment sur les syllabes. Cela m’agaçait beaucoup.

This word in other languages

uniform(English)uniforme(Español)uniform(Deutsch)uniforme(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nuiforme
  • uinforme
  • unfiorme
  • unifforme
  • unifomre
  • uniforem
  • uniformme
  • uniforrme
  • unifrome
  • uniofrme
  • unniforme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

nuiforme2uinforme2unfiorme2unifforme1unifomre2uniforem2uniformme1uniforrme1
Edit distance from "uniforme"

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 "uniforme"?
"uniforme" is spelled U-N-I-F-O-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \y.ni.fɔʁm\.
What does "uniforme" mean?
As an adjective, "uniforme" means: Qui présente partout et toujours la même forme, la même unicité, la même constance, la même manière d’être; où l’on n’aperçoit aucune différence, aucun changement.
What words are commonly confused with "uniforme"?
"uniforme" is commonly confused with "uniformes", "uniformité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "uniforme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "uniforme" is \y.ni.fɔʁm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "uniforme" come from?
"uniforme" 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 "uniforme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

terminée#4,193annuelle#4,206attendez#4,207quarante#4,178

Similar misspelling depth

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

windows11 variantsscrutin11 variantsrestant11 variantschauffeur11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list