XIIIe

\tʁɛ.zjɛm\

/\tʁɛ.zjɛm\/ adj

The verdict

“XIIIe” sits in 8 confusable pairs (corpus #16,512) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#16,512
frequency rank, French
62
“X” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-xiiie · XIIIe · French

XIIIe · rank #16,512 · 3 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,512
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-MID 62
  • PHOTO-FINISH woods

Nearest frequency peer: woods (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « XIIIe »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « XIIIe » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

XIIIe vs XVIe
60% similar
XIIIe vs XXIe
60% similar
XIIIe vs XIVe
60% similar

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

Key facts for XIIIe
PropertyValue
HeadwordXIIIe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁɛ.zjɛm\
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,512
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « XIIIe »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).XIIIese 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 « woods » (#16,511), « well » (#16,510), « vitrines » (#16,509). Parmi 62 lemmes en « X », « XIIIe » est au #16,512. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for XIIIe is neighbouring look-alikes ("XVIe", "XXIe", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \tʁɛ.zjɛm\. Frequency #16,512 among 62 “X” headwords. Gloss: "Treizième.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for XIIIe, with forms such as "ixiie", "xiiei", and "xxiiie". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "XVIe", "XXIe", "XIVe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 XIIIe, spelled X-I-I-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Treizième.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ixiie
  • xiiei
  • xxiiie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ixiie2xiiei2xxiiie1
Edit distance from "XIIIe"

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 "XIIIe"?
"XIIIe" is spelled X-I-I-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɛ.zjɛm\.
What does "XIIIe" mean?
As an adjective, "XIIIe" means: Treizième.
What words are commonly confused with "XIIIe"?
"XIIIe" is commonly confused with "XVIe", "XXIe", "XIVe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "XIIIe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "XIIIe" is \tʁɛ.zjɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "XIIIe" come from?
"XIIIe" 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 "XIIIe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list