urticaire

\yʁ.ti.kɛʁ\

/\yʁ.ti.kɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“urticaire” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,106. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,106
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Éruption qui donne des démangeaisons assez semblables à celles que produirait l’application de feuilles d’orties sur la peau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-urticaire · urticaire · French

urticaire · rank #42,106 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #42,106
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ursule

Nearest frequency peer: Ursule (-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 « urticaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « urticaire » 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).

urticaire vs urinaire
78% similar

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

Key facts for urticaire
PropertyValue
Headwordurticaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\yʁ.ti.kɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#42,106
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « urticaire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.urticairese 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 « Ursule » (#42,105), « utilement » (#42,107), « until » (#42,104). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « urticaire » est au #42,106. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around urticaire (IPA \yʁ.ti.kɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,106 among 456 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Éruption qui donne des démangeaisons assez semblables à celles que produirait l’application de feuilles d’orties sur la peau.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for urticaire, with forms such as "ruticaire", "uritcaire", and "urrticaire". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "urinaire", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is urticaire, spelled U-R-T-I-C-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Éruption qui donne des démangeaisons assez semblables à celles que produirait l’application de feuilles d’orties sur la peau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On nous a fait à tous deux des piqûres antitétaniques, qui nous donneront, paraît-il, de l’urticaire dans deux ou trois jours. Pierre, très abattu, est resté à la clinique.
  2. Parmi eux, l’ébastine, un antihistaminique (utilisé pour le traitement des rhinites ou de l’urticaire) et l’atovaquone (utilisée dans le traitement du paludisme).

Synonyms

cnidose

This word in other languages

urticaria(English)urticaria(Español)Urticaria(Deutsch)urticária(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ruticaire
  • uritcaire
  • urrticaire
  • urtciaire
  • urtiacire
  • urticaier
  • urticairre
  • urticarie
  • urticcaire
  • urticiare
  • urtticaire
  • utricaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ruticaire2uritcaire2urrticaire1urtciaire2urtiacire2urticaier2urticairre1urticarie2
Edit distance from "urticaire"

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 "urticaire"?
"urticaire" is spelled U-R-T-I-C-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \yʁ.ti.kɛʁ\.
What does "urticaire" mean?
As a noun, "urticaire" means: Éruption qui donne des démangeaisons assez semblables à celles que produirait l’application de feuilles d’orties sur la peau.
What words are commonly confused with "urticaire"?
"urticaire" is commonly confused with "urinaire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "urticaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "urticaire" is \yʁ.ti.kɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "urticaire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

utilement#42,107Vaugirard#42,110vectoriel#42,111tungstène#42,100

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

traînées12 variantsénormité12 variantsévaluant12 variantssédition12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list