weed

\wid\

/\wid\/ noun

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The verdict

“weed” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,505. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,505
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marihuana ; cannabis.

Corpus desk

Index FR-weed · weed · French

weed · rank #21,505 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,505
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH wat

Nearest frequency peer: wat (-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 « weed »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « weed » 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).

weed vs Wes
25% similar
weed vs WWE
0% similar
weed vs wen
50% similar

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

Key facts for weed
PropertyValue
Headwordweed
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\wid\
Letters4
Frequency rank#21,505
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « weed »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).weedse 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 « wat » (#21,504), « Wes » (#21,506), « végétariens » (#21,503). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « weed » est au #21,505. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around weed (IPA \wid\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,505 among 549 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Marihuana ; cannabis.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for weed, with forms such as "ewed", "wed", and "wede". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Wes", "WWE", "wen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is weed, spelled W-E-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marihuana ; cannabis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Machinalement, Max saisit le joint et tire une bouffée. Il n'a pas fumé de weed depuis des années. La saveur lui rappelle des bons moments avant son mariage, quand il a quitté Marseille, ses débuts à Paris.
  2. Ils sont là, ils se tiennent chaud, ils font la fête et fument de la weed, se racontent les coups durs, les parents impossibles, les amours qui finissent mal, les plans foireux auxquels ils croient dur comme fer et qu'ils abandonnent au bout d'une semaine.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ewed
  • wed
  • wede
  • weedd
  • wweed

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ewed2wed1wede2weedd1wweed1
Edit distance from "weed"

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 "weed"?
"weed" is spelled W-E-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is \wid\.
What does "weed" mean?
As a noun, "weed" means: Marihuana ; cannabis.
What words are commonly confused with "weed"?
"weed" is commonly confused with "Wes", "WWE", "wen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "weed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "weed" is \wid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "weed" come from?
"weed" 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 "weed", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Wong#21,507zach#21,509thaï#21,484sant#21,463

Similar misspelling depth

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

cara5 variantsLaos5 variantsgogo5 variantshousse5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list