paine

noun

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"paine" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“paine” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,349. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,349
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of pain.

Corpus desk

Index EN-paine · paine · English

paine · rank #23,349 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,349
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH paces

Nearest frequency peer: paces (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “paine”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “paine” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

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).

paine vs Pan
40% similar
paine vs pin
60% similar
paine vs pie
60% similar

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

Key facts for paine
PropertyValue
Headwordpaine
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#23,349
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “paine”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).painelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “paces” (#23,348), “palladium” (#23,350), “ova” (#23,347). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “paine” is #23,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around paine, anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,349 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Obsolete spelling of pain.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for paine, with forms such as "apine", "paien", and "painne". 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, "Pan", "pin", "pie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is paine, spelled P-A-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of pain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Or plaine and perfite way of teachyng children, to vnderstand, write, and speake, the Latin tong, but specially purposed for the priuate brynging vp of youth in Ientlemen and Noble mens houses, and commodious also for all such, as haue forgot the Latin tonge, and would, by themselues, without a Scholemaster, in short tyme, and with small paines, recouer a…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apine
  • paien
  • painne
  • panie
  • piane
  • ppaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apine2paien2painne1panie2piane2ppaine1
Edit distance from "paine"

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paine"?
"paine" is spelled P-A-I-N-E.
What does "paine" mean?
As a noun, "paine" means: Obsolete spelling of pain.
What words are commonly confused with "paine"?
"paine" is commonly confused with "Pan", "pin", "pie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "paine" come from?
"paine" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

paces#23,348nifty#23,344nerdy#23,343madly#23,331

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

piazza6 variantsseine6 variantsHyatt6 variantsHowie6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list