pascal
/ˈpæskəl/
"pascal" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pascal” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,439. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,439
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pascal · pascal · English
pascal · rank #17,439 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,439
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH panorama
Nearest frequency peer: panorama (-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 “pascal”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- overflow
overflow
82,565 corpus weight
- oxidation
oxidation
82,564 corpus weight
- panorama
panorama
82,563 corpus weight
- pascal
pascal
82,562 corpus weight
- peep
peep
82,561 corpus weight
- pencils
pencils
82,560 corpus weight
What this shows “pascal” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pascal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpæskəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pascal”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around pascal (IPA /ˈpæskəl/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,439 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pascal, with forms such as "apscal", "pacsal", and "pasacl". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "pasta", "pasha", "Pasco", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French pascal, named after French scientist and philosopher Blaise Pascal. Doublet of Paschal. The correct English form is pascal, spelled P-A-S-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa.
Etymology
Borrowed from French pascal, named after French scientist and philosopher Blaise Pascal. Doublet of Paschal.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apscal
- pacsal
- pasacl
- pascall
- pasccal
- pascla
- passcal
- ppascal
- psacal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pascal - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).