pacte

\pakt\

/\pakt\/ noun

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The verdict

“pacte” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,687. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,687
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Convention accompagnée d’actes publics qui lui donnent un caractère d’une importance primordiale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pacte · pacte · French

pacte · rank #5,687 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,687
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH oxygène

Nearest frequency peer: oxygène (-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 « pacte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pacte » 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).

pacte vs pat
60% similar
pacte vs part
60% similar
pacte vs page
60% similar

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

Key facts for pacte
PropertyValue
Headwordpacte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pakt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,687
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pacte »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « oxygène » (#5,686), « parquet » (#5,688), « ouvrier » (#5,685). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pacte » est au #5,687. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pacte (IPA \pakt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,687 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pacte, with forms such as "apcte", "paccte", and "pacet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pat", "part", "page", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pacte, spelled P-A-C-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Convention accompagnée d’actes publics qui lui donnent un caractère d’une importance primordiale.
  2. 2
    Alliance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aussitôt que les deux parties, […], auront établi les bases d’un accommodement, je désire, monsieur l’amiral, qu’elles puissent former ensemble des pactes, à titre de voisins et d’amis.
  2. La constitution de 1793 fut le premier pacte social qui, depuis l'origine du monde, eût fait un dogme de la fraternité humaine.

Synonyms

alliancecontratconventiontraité

This word in other languages

pact(English)pacto(Español)Bund(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apcte
  • paccte
  • pacet
  • pactte
  • patce
  • pcate
  • ppacte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apcte2paccte1pacet2pactte1patce2pcate2ppacte1
Edit distance from "pacte"

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 "pacte"?
"pacte" is spelled P-A-C-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pakt\.
What does "pacte" mean?
As a noun, "pacte" means: Convention accompagnée d’actes publics qui lui donnent un caractère d’une importance primordiale.
What words are commonly confused with "pacte"?
"pacte" is commonly confused with "pat", "part", "page". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pacte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pacte" is \pakt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pacte" come from?
"pacte" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

Jacob7 variantstunnel7 variantsfusil7 variantsverres7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list