paa
\paʔa\
The verdict
“paa” is uncommon French (frequency #78,709 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,709
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jambe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paa · paa · French
paa · rank #78,709 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,709
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 248,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Pacôme
Nearest frequency peer: Pacôme (+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 “paa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- oso
oso
21,296 corpus weight
- overdrive
overdrive
21,294 corpus weight
- paa
paa
21,292 corpus weight
- Pacôme
Pacôme
21,291 corpus weight
- pandémies
pandémies
21,289 corpus weight
- pangolin
pangolin
21,288 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “paa” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \paʔa\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #78,709 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paa” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
paa is uncommon French at frequency #78,709 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \paʔa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jambe.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for paa in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is paa, spelled P-A-A.
Definition
- 1Jambe.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "paa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.