# panache

> English word · Noun · IPA /pəˈnæʃ/ · frequency rank #43,822

## Definitions
1. An ornamental plume on a helmet.
2. Flamboyance, energetic style or action.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French panache, from Middle French pennache (“plume of feathers”), from Italian pennacchio, from Late Latin pinnāculum. Doublet of pinnacle.

## Easily confused with
- **palace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/palace-vs-panache)
- **panacea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panacea-vs-panache)

## Common misspellings (10)
`apnache`, `paanche`, `panacche`, `panaceh`, `panachhe`, `panahce`, `pancahe`, `pannache`, `pnaache`, `ppanache`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/panache