paco

\pa.ko\

/\pa.ko\/ noun

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The verdict

“paco” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,315. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,315
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Minerai d’argent contenant beaucoup de fer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paco · paco · French

paco · rank #24,315 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,315
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH ornés

Nearest frequency peer: ornés (-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 « paco »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « paco » 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).

paco vs PC
0% similar
paco vs Po
25% similar
paco vs pas
50% similar

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

Key facts for paco
PropertyValue
Headwordpaco
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ko\
Letters4
Frequency rank#24,315
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paco »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pacose 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 « ornés » (#24,314), « palma » (#24,316), « ornées » (#24,313). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paco » est au #24,315. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around paco (IPA \pa.ko\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,315 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for paco, with forms such as "apco", "pacco", and "paoc". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PC", "Po", "pas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is paco, spelled P-A-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Minerai d’argent contenant beaucoup de fer.
  2. 2
    Alpaga.
  3. 3
    Type d’arum.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how paco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’alpaca ou paco.
  2. Ils traversèrent des coteaux plantés de pacos aux larges feuilles et d’odorants buissons de mastic dans des clairières. Ils retrouvèrent de hautes futaies sombres et de larges étendues sèches couvertes de cassiers en fleur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apco
  • pacco
  • paoc
  • pcao
  • ppaco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paco - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

apco2pacco1paoc2pcao2ppaco1
Edit distance from "paco"

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 "paco"?
"paco" is spelled P-A-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ko\.
What does "paco" mean?
As a noun, "paco" means: Minerai d’argent contenant beaucoup de fer.
What words are commonly confused with "paco"?
"paco" is commonly confused with "PC", "Po", "pas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paco" is \pa.ko\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paco" come from?
"paco" 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 "paco", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

perf#24,321muté#24,292MILF#24,287loco#24,272

Similar misspelling depth

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

massa5 variantslime5 variantsjeta5 variantsRudi5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list