paiements

\pɛ.mɑ̃\

/\pɛ.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“paiements” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,748. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,748
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de paiement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paiements · paiements · French

paiements · rank #8,748 · 13 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,748
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH organisateurs

Nearest frequency peer: organisateurs (-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 « paiements »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « paiements » 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).

paiements vs piments
78% similar
paiements vs pigments
78% similar
paiements vs payement
78% similar

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

Key facts for paiements
PropertyValue
Headwordpaiements
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛ.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,748
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paiements »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).paiementsse 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 « organisateurs » (#8,747), « Partisan » (#8,749), « opus » (#8,746). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paiements » est au #8,748. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around paiements (IPA \pɛ.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,748 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de paiement.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for paiements, with forms such as "apiements", "paeiments", and "paieemnts". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "piments", "pigments", "payement", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is paiements, spelled P-A-I-E-M-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de paiement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ce n’est pas une erreur de ma part; 46,000 agriculteurs ont désarriéré des paiements sur les avances d’argent liquide maintenant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apiements
  • paeiments
  • paieemnts
  • paiemennts
  • paiemenst
  • paiementss
  • paiementts
  • paiemetns
  • paiemments
  • paiemnets
  • paimeents
  • piaements
  • ppaiements

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paiements - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

apiements2paeiments2paieemnts2paiemennts1paiemenst2paiementss1paiementts1paiemetns2
Edit distance from "paiements"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list