worldwide
\ˈwɝld.waɪd\
The verdict
“worldwide” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,103. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,103
- frequency rank, French
- 27,995
- “W” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mondial, à l’échelle mondiale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | worldwide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈwɝld.waɪd\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #39,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “worldwide” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around worldwide (IPA \ˈwɝld.waɪd\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,103 among 27,995 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mondial, à l’échelle mondiale.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for worldwide, with forms such as "owrldwide", "wolrdwide", and "wordlwide". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is worldwide, spelled W-O-R-L-D-W-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Mondial, à l’échelle mondiale.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: owrldwide,wolrdwide,wordlwide,worlddwide,worldiwde,worldwdie,worldwidde,worldwied,worldwwide,worlldwide,worlwdide,worrldwide,wroldwide,wworldwide
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of worldwide - 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.
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.
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Using “worldwide”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is W-O-R-L-D-W-I-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈwɝld.waɪd\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.