paillasson

/\pa.ja.sɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,626

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

paillasson is aFrenchnoun. It means: Natte de paille, tapis de fibre végétale ou synthétique, que l’on met à l’entrée d’une maison ou d’un appartement pour permettre de s’essuyer les pieds. Pronounced \pa.ja.sɔ̃\.

Key facts for paillasson
PropertyValue
Headwordpaillasson
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ja.sɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#35,626
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of paillasson in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for paillasson is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pa.ja.sɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #35,626 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for paillasson, with forms such as "apillasson", "pailalsson", and "pailasson". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is paillasson, spelled P-A-I-L-L-A-S-S-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Natte de paille, tapis de fibre végétale ou synthétique, que l’on met à l’entrée d’une maison ou d’un appartement pour permettre de s’essuyer les pieds.
  2. 2
    Paillasse peu épaisse.
  3. 3
    Endroit ou chose qui a l’apparence d’un tapis servant à s’essuyer les pieds.
  4. 4
    Tapis de joncs servant à faire sécher le fromage. → voir paillisse
  5. 5
    Sorte de claie faite avec de la paille longue, étendue et attachée sur des perches, qui sert à garantir de la gelée les couches et les espaliers ; ou que l’on met sur les serres pour les garantir du soleil et des intempéries.
  6. 6
    Personne qui n’est pas respectée et qu’on se sent le droit d’humilier.
  7. 7
    Tresse de paille destinée à la confection de chapeau, le chapeau lui-même.
  8. 8
    Plat composé de pommes de terre, ou autres tubercules, râpées cuites.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apillasson,pailalsson,pailasson,paillason,paillasosn,paillassno,paillassonn,paillsason,palilasson,piallasson,ppaillasson

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for paillasson

Misspelling Variants of "paillasson"

apillasson10pailalsson10pailasson9paillason9paillasosn10paillassno10paillassonn11paillsason10
Misspelling Variants of "paillasson"

Frequency rank: #35,626 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paillasson"?
"paillasson" is spelled P-A-I-L-L-A-S-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ja.sɔ̃\.
What does "paillasson" mean?
As a noun, "paillasson" means: Natte de paille, tapis de fibre végétale ou synthétique, que l’on met à l’entrée d’une maison ou d’un appartement pour permettre de s’essuyer les pieds.
What are common misspellings of "paillasson"?
Common misspellings include "apillasson", "pailalsson", "pailasson", "paillason", "paillasosn". The correct spelling is "paillasson".
How do you pronounce "paillasson"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paillasson" is \pa.ja.sɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paillasson" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.