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panser/pensai/penser/pensez/pensé/pensée/pensées/pensés

"penser" (#694 written frequency) beats "pensez" (#1,782) in this 8-word /\pɑ̃.se\/ cluster. Size rank #3 of 9,139 French groups.

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Frequency splits the cluster

These 8 spellings keep the same /\pɑ̃.se\/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "penser" leads at #694, with "pensez" trailing at #1,782.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • No shared spelling stem: "panser" is 6 letters, "pensai" is 6; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "panser" is 6 letters, "penser" is 6; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "panser" is 6 letters, "pensez" is 6; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "panser" is 6 letters, "pensé" is 5; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "panser" is 6 letters, "pensée" is 6; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "panser" is 6 letters, "pensées" is 7; only the sound ties them.
  • No shared spelling stem: "panser" is 6 letters, "pensés" is 6; only the sound ties them.
  • Shared stem "pens" then splits - "pensai" (6 letters) vs "penser" (6).
  • Shared stem "pens" then splits - "pensai" (6 letters) vs "pensez" (6).
  • Shared stem "pens" then splits - "pensai" (6 letters) vs "pensé" (5).
  • Shared stem "pens" then splits - "pensai" (6 letters) vs "pensée" (6).
  • Shared stem "pens" then splits - "pensai" (6 letters) vs "pensées" (7).
  • Shared stem "pens" then splits - "pensai" (6 letters) vs "pensés" (6).
  • Single-letter fork: "penser" keeps r, "pensez" writes z at letter 6.
  • Shared stem "pens" then splits - "penser" (6 letters) vs "pensé" (5).
  • Shared stem "pens" then splits - "penser" (6 letters) vs "pensée" (6).
  • Shared stem "pens" then splits - "penser" (6 letters) vs "pensées" (7).
  • Shared stem "pens" then splits - "penser" (6 letters) vs "pensés" (6).
  • Shared stem "pens" then splits - "pensez" (6 letters) vs "pensé" (5).
  • Shared stem "pens" then splits - "pensez" (6 letters) vs "pensée" (6).
  • Shared stem "pens" then splits - "pensez" (6 letters) vs "pensées" (7).
  • Shared stem "pens" then splits - "pensez" (6 letters) vs "pensés" (6).
  • Shared stem "pensé" then splits - "pensé" (5 letters) vs "pensée" (6).
  • Shared stem "pensé" then splits - "pensé" (5 letters) vs "pensées" (7).
  • Shared stem "pensé" then splits - "pensé" (5 letters) vs "pensés" (6).
  • Shared stem "pensée" then splits - "pensée" (6 letters) vs "pensées" (7).
  • Single-letter fork: "pensée" keeps e, "pensés" writes s at letter 6.
  • Shared stem "pensé" then splits - "pensées" (7 letters) vs "pensés" (6).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across panser, pensai, penser, pensez, pensé, pensée, pensées, pensés: enps. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • panser

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC

    Inventory aenprs · private ar

  • pensai

    6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVV

    Inventory aeinps · private ai

  • penser

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC

    Inventory enprs · private r

  • pensez

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC

    Inventory enpsz · private z

  • pensé

    5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV

    Inventory enpsé · private é

  • pensée

    6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVV

    Inventory enpsé · private é

  • pensées

    7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVVC

    Inventory enpsé · private é

  • pensés

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC

    Inventory enpsé · private é

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "panser" when you mean: Soigner une plaie ou une blessure ; lui faire un pansement.
  • Write "pensai" when you mean: Première personne du singulier du passé simple de penser.
  • Write "penser" when you mean: Exercer l’activité de l’esprit ; accomplir quelque opération de l’intelligence ; concevoir ; imaginer ; réfléchir.
  • Write "pensez" when you mean: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de penser.
  • Write "pensé" when you mean: Qui est imaginé, conçu.
  • Write "pensée" when you mean: Toute opération de l’esprit, de la conscience.
  • Write "pensées" when you mean: Pluriel de pensée.
  • Write "pensés" when you mean: Masculin pluriel de pensé.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

  • panser ← apnser · panesr · pannser · panserr · pansre · pansser
  • pensai ← epnsai · penasi · pennsai · pensia · penssai · pesnai
  • penser ← epnser · penesr · pennser · penserr · pensre · pensser
  • pensez ← epnsez · penesz · pennsez · pensezz · penssez · pensze

Each spelling

panser

verb · /\pɑ̃.se\/ · #40,408 frequency

Soigner une plaie ou une blessure ; lui faire un pansement.

pensai

verb · /\pɑ̃.se\/ · #43,594 frequency

Première personne du singulier du passé simple de penser.

penser

verb · /\pɑ̃.se\/ · #694 frequency

Exercer l’activité de l’esprit ; accomplir quelque opération de l’intelligence ; concevoir ; imaginer ; réfléchir.

pensez

verb · /\pɑ̃.se\/ · #1,782 frequency

Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de penser.

pensé

/\pɑ̃.se\/

Qui est imaginé, conçu.

pensée

/\pɑ̃.se\/

Toute opération de l’esprit, de la conscience.

pensées

/\pɑ̃.se\/

Pluriel de pensée.

pensés

/\pɑ̃.se\/

Masculin pluriel de pensé.

Nearby French homophone groups

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

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