paiement

\pɛ.mɑ̃\

/\pɛ.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“paiement” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,944. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,944
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui se donne pour acquitter une dette.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paiement · paiement · French

paiement · rank #2,944 · 11 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,944
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH outil

Nearest frequency peer: outil (-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 « paiement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « paiement » 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).

paiement vs paient
75% similar
paiement vs piment
75% similar
paiement vs Piémont
50% similar

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

Key facts for paiement
PropertyValue
Headwordpaiement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛ.mɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,944
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paiement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.paiementse 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 « outil » (#2,943), « Parisien » (#2,945), « organisations » (#2,942). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paiement » est au #2,944. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around paiement (IPA \pɛ.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,944 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for paiement, with forms such as "apiement", "paeiment", and "paieemnt". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "paient", "piment", "Piémont", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is paiement, spelled P-A-I-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui se donne pour acquitter une dette.
  2. 2
    Action de payer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La réforme monétaire du 15 octobre 1923 a assuré la sécurité des échanges en mettant à la disposition du public un instrument de paiement stable.
  2. Il n’urgera pas le paiement de ma dette, car il sait que, cette année, le poisson manque.

Antonyms

impaiementnon-paiement

This word in other languages

payment(English)pago(Español)Zahlung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apiement
  • paeiment
  • paieemnt
  • paiemennt
  • paiementt
  • paiemetn
  • paiemment
  • paiemnet
  • paimeent
  • piaement
  • ppaiement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apiement2paeiment2paieemnt2paiemennt1paiementt1paiemetn2paiemment1paiemnet2
Edit distance from "paiement"

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 "paiement"?
"paiement" is spelled P-A-I-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ.mɑ̃\.
What does "paiement" mean?
As a noun, "paiement" means: Ce qui se donne pour acquitter une dette.
What words are commonly confused with "paiement"?
"paiement" is commonly confused with "paient", "piment", "Piémont". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paiement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paiement" is \pɛ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paiement" come from?
"paiement" 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 "paiement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Parisien#2,945oreilles#2,941poissons#2,947montrent#2,937

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

témoins11 variantsutilisée11 variantséchapper11 variantsconneries11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list