packaging
\pa.ka.(d)ʒiŋ\
The verdict
“packaging” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,813. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,813
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mot générique qui recouvre tout le secteur de l’emballage et de la présentation d’un produit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | packaging |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ka.(d)ʒiŋ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,813 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “packaging” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around packaging (IPA \pa.ka.(d)ʒiŋ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,813 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mot générique qui recouvre tout le secteur de l’emballage et de la présentation d’un produit.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for packaging, with forms such as "apckaging", "pacakging", and "pacckaging". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 packaging, spelled P-A-C-K-A-G-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Mot générique qui recouvre tout le secteur de l’emballage et de la présentation d’un produit.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apckaging
- pacakging
- pacckaging
- packagging
- packagign
- packagingg
- packaginng
- packagnig
- packaigng
- packgaing
- packkaging
- pakcaging
- pcakaging
- ppackaging
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of packaging - 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.
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.
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Using “packaging”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-C-K-A-G-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pa.ka.(d)ʒiŋ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.