pagne

\paɲ\

/\paɲ\/ noun

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The verdict

“pagne” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,435. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,435
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morceau de tissu ou de matière végétale tressée avec lequel une personne se couvre les hanches jusqu’aux genoux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pagne · pagne · French

pagne · rank #39,435 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,435
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH ouvrirait

Nearest frequency peer: ouvrirait (-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 « pagne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pagne » 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).

pagne vs pan
60% similar
pagne vs pain
60% similar
pagne vs pape
60% similar

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

Key facts for pagne
PropertyValue
Headwordpagne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\paɲ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#39,435
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pagne »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pagnese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ouvrirait » (#39,434), « palatine » (#39,436), « palazzo » (#39,437). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pagne » est au #39,435. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pagne (IPA \paɲ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,435 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 pagne, with forms such as "apgne", "pagen", and "paggne". 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, "pan", "pain", "pape", 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pagne, spelled P-A-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Morceau de tissu ou de matière végétale tressée avec lequel une personne se couvre les hanches jusqu’aux genoux.
  2. 2
    Longueur de tissu tissée, souvent avec des motifs flamboyants et symboliques, pouvant être utilisée comme vêtement, destinée à un usage cérémonial ou donné comme cadeau ou objet d'échange.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au prestigieux aspect du pagne virginal de quelque jeune fille d’Otaïti, sa brûlante imagination lui peignait la vie simple de la nature.
  2. Son corps, drapé dans une vaste natte de « phormium » garnie de peaux de chiens, était ceint d’un pagne ensanglanté dans les derniers combats.

Synonyms

brayet

This word in other languages

loincloth(English)taparrabos(Español)Lendenschurz(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apgne
  • pagen
  • paggne
  • pagnne
  • pange
  • pgane
  • ppagne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pagne - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

apgne2pagen2paggne1pagnne1pange2pgane2ppagne1
Edit distance from "pagne"

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 "pagne"?
"pagne" is spelled P-A-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \paɲ\.
What does "pagne" mean?
As a noun, "pagne" means: Morceau de tissu ou de matière végétale tressée avec lequel une personne se couvre les hanches jusqu’aux genoux.
What words are commonly confused with "pagne"?
"pagne" is commonly confused with "pan", "pain", "pape". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pagne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pagne" is \paɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pagne" come from?
"pagne" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

palet#39,438navas#39,416Pille#39,457preux#39,466

Similar misspelling depth

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

nonnes7 variantspoilue7 variantsMabel7 variantsloueur7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list