P
The verdict
“P” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #368) as a symbol. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #368
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Symbole du préfixe péta- du Système international (×10¹⁵).
Corpus desk
Index FR-p · P · French
P · rank #368 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #368
- LEN-SHORT 1 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 248,534
- PHOTO-FINISH meilleur
Nearest frequency peer: meilleur (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “P”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dessus
dessus
99,636 corpus weight
- film
film
99,635 corpus weight
- meilleur
meilleur
99,634 corpus weight
- P
P
99,633 corpus weight
- corps
corps
99,632 corpus weight
- ensuite
ensuite
99,631 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “P” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | P |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Symbol |
| Letters | 1 |
| Frequency rank | #368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “P” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for P is neighbouring look-alikes ("pu", "PS", …), not just typos; it is asymbol. Frequency #368 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Gloss: "Symbole du préfixe péta- du Système international (×10¹⁵).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for P, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pu", "PS", "PQ", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is P, spelled P.
Definition
- 1Symbole du préfixe péta- du Système international (×10¹⁵).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how P appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« 1 PHz » s’écrit aussi « un pétahertz ».
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.