paddy

\pa.di\

/\pa.di\/ noun

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The verdict

“paddy” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,190. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,190
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné au riz avec son enveloppe et qui, à la meule, a échappé au décorticage ^([1]).

Corpus desk

Index FR-paddy · paddy · French

paddy · rank #35,190 · 6 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,190
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Oyonnax

Nearest frequency peer: Oyonnax (-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 « paddy »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « paddy » 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).

paddy vs pay
60% similar
paddy vs papy
60% similar
paddy vs party
60% similar

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

Key facts for paddy
PropertyValue
Headwordpaddy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.di\
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,190
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paddy »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).paddyse 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 « Oyonnax » (#35,189), « Palmyre » (#35,191), « ovules » (#35,188). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paddy » est au #35,190. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around paddy (IPA \pa.di\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,190 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom donné au riz avec son enveloppe et qui, à la meule, a échappé au décorticage ^([1]).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for paddy, with forms such as "apddy", "paddyy", and "pady". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "pay", "papy", "party", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is paddy, spelled P-A-D-D-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom donné au riz avec son enveloppe et qui, à la meule, a échappé au décorticage ^([1]).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On y produit et on y stocke des vivres, sans doute dans greniers à paddy (…) et des jarres.
  2. C'est la saison de la récolte du paddy.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apddy
  • paddyy
  • pady
  • padyd
  • pdady
  • ppaddy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apddy2paddyy1pady1padyd2pdady2ppaddy1
Edit distance from "paddy"

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 "paddy"?
"paddy" is spelled P-A-D-D-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.di\.
What does "paddy" mean?
As a noun, "paddy" means: Nom donné au riz avec son enveloppe et qui, à la meule, a échappé au décorticage ^([1]).
What words are commonly confused with "paddy"?
"paddy" is commonly confused with "pay", "papy", "party". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paddy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paddy" is \pa.di\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paddy" come from?
"paddy" 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 "paddy", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

ourse#35,186paria#35,194Othon#35,185osier#35,184

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Mauro6 variantsrebeu6 variantsLizzie6 variantsrogne6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list