paces

\ˈpa.θes\

/\ˈpa.θes\/ verb

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The verdict

“paces” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,583. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,583
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier (tú) du présent de l’indicatif de pacer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paces · paces · French

paces · rank #43,583 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,583
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH palpitations

Nearest frequency peer: palpitations (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « paces »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « paces » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

paces vs pas
60% similar
paces vs pes
60% similar
paces vs pcs
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for paces
PropertyValue
Headwordpaces
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈpa.θes\
Letters5
Frequency rank#43,583
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paces »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pacesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « palpitations » (#43,584), « outsiders » (#43,581), « ouailles » (#43,580). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paces » est au #43,583. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around paces (IPA \ˈpa.θes\), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,583 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Deuxième personne du singulier (tú) du présent de l’indicatif de pacer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for paces, with forms such as "apces", "pacces", and "pacess". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pas", "pes", "pcs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is paces, spelled P-A-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier (tú) du présent de l’indicatif de pacer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apces
  • pacces
  • pacess
  • pacse
  • paecs
  • pcaes
  • ppaces

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paces - 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.

apces2pacces1pacess1pacse2paecs2pcaes2ppaces1
Edit distance from "paces"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paces"?
"paces" is spelled P-A-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈpa.θes\.
What does "paces" mean?
As a verb, "paces" means: Deuxième personne du singulier (tú) du présent de l’indicatif de pacer.
What words are commonly confused with "paces"?
"paces" is commonly confused with "pas", "pes", "pcs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paces"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paces" is \ˈpa.θes\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paces" come from?
"paces" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "paces", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pardi#43,586parés#43,589novel#43,574nella#43,571

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Piotr7 variantsmaigri7 variantslumen7 variantsKourou7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list