pacemaker
\pɛs.me.kœʁ\
The verdict
“pacemaker” is uncommon French (frequency #74,262 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,262
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stimulateur cardiaque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pacemaker · pacemaker · French
pacemaker · rank #74,262 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,262
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 248,534
- PHOTO-FINISH panade
Nearest frequency peer: panade (+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 “pacemaker”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Oyé
Oyé
25,743 corpus weight
- ozu
ozu
25,742 corpus weight
- pacemaker
pacemaker
25,739 corpus weight
- panade
panade
25,738 corpus weight
- parachutés
parachutés
25,737 corpus weight
- parachèveme…
parachèvement
25,736 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pacemaker” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pacemaker |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛs.me.kœʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,262 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pacemaker” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pacemaker is uncommon French at frequency #74,262 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛs.me.kœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stimulateur cardiaque.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pacemaker in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pacemaker, spelled P-A-C-E-M-A-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Stimulateur cardiaque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pacemaker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les techniciens nous préparent, espérons-le, un avenir réjouissant, celui de l'effondrement du savoir. En effet, chacun disposera un jour, intime comme un pacemaker, et chacun saura, par quelque oreillette invisible, tout ce qu'il y a à savoir. Ainsi tout un chacun, sans effort, après seulement quelques apprentissages techniques enfantins, sera porteur du…
Sa mère rentre à peine d’Angleterre quand elle reçoit un appel de Kate : Olivia a fait un malaise peu après son départ, le médecin l’a envoyée à l’hôpital, on va tenter de lui poser un pacemaker.
This word in other languages
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 "pacemaker", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 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.