Wimbledon

name

The verdict

“Wimbledon” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,593. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,593
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quartier de Londres en Angleterre, situé dans le district de Merton.

Corpus desk

Index FR-wimbledon · Wimbledon · French

Wimbledon · rank #17,593 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,593
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wauquiez

Nearest frequency peer: Wauquiez (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Wimbledon”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Wimbledon” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wimbledon
PropertyValue
HeadwordWimbledon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,593
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “Wimbledon” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Wimbledonse 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 « Wauquiez » (#17,592), « year » (#17,594), « volées » (#17,591). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Wimbledon, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,593 among 549 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wimbledon, with forms such as "iwmbledon", "wibmledon", and "wimbbledon". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Wimbledon, spelled W-I-M-B-L-E-D-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quartier de Londres en Angleterre, situé dans le district de Merton.
  2. 2
    Compétition internationale de tennis jouée à Wimbledon, qui est disputée chaque année par des joueurs professionnels.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Depuis deux ans, Ons Jabeur est devenue « Onstoppable », un surnom qui résume la trajectoire, inarrêtable, de celle qui s’est qualifiée jeudi à Wimbledon pour sa première finale d’un tournoi du Grand Chelem,, et qui se veut « une source d’inspiration » pour son pays, le monde arabe et le continent africain.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iwmbledon
  • wibmledon
  • wimbbledon
  • wimbeldon
  • wimbldeon
  • wimbleddon
  • wimbledno
  • wimbledonn
  • wimbleodn
  • wimblledon
  • wimlbedon
  • wimmbledon
  • wmibledon
  • wwimbledon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

iwmbledon2wibmledon2wimbbledon1wimbeldon2wimbldeon2wimbleddon1wimbledno2wimbledonn1
Edit distance from "Wimbledon"

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 "Wimbledon"?
"Wimbledon" is spelled W-I-M-B-L-E-D-O-N.
What does "Wimbledon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Wimbledon" means: Quartier de Londres en Angleterre, situé dans le district de Merton.
What are common misspellings of "Wimbledon"?
Common misspellings include "iwmbledon", "wibmledon", "wimbbledon", "wimbeldon", "wimbldeon". The correct spelling is "Wimbledon".
What language does "Wimbledon" come from?
"Wimbledon" 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 "Wimbledon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

What to do next

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list