pailles

\pɑj\

/\pɑj\/ noun

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The verdict

“pailles” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,390. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,390
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-pailles · pailles · French

pailles · rank #33,390 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,390
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ousmane

Nearest frequency peer: Ousmane (-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 « pailles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pailles » 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).

pailles vs piles
71% similar
pailles vs pales
71% similar
pailles vs Pille
57% similar

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

Key facts for pailles
PropertyValue
Headwordpailles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɑj\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,390
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pailles »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).paillesse 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 « Ousmane » (#33,389), « Paola » (#33,391), « oseille » (#33,388). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pailles » est au #33,390. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pailles (IPA \pɑj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,390 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de paille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pailles, with forms such as "apilles", "pailels", and "pailes". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "piles", "pales", "Pille", 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pailles, spelled P-A-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de paille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les pailles, dont les couches épaisses recouvraient entièrement le sol de la cour, se doraient peu à peu d’un jaune pâle sous la lueur grandissante du crépuscule.
  2. — Ce que nous faisons céans ? Je vais vous le dire : Oublieux de nos poutres, nous regardons avec complaisance les pailles dans les yeux des autres.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apilles
  • pailels
  • pailes
  • pailless
  • paillse
  • paliles
  • pialles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pailles - 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.

apilles2pailels2pailes1pailless1paillse2paliles2pialles2
Edit distance from "pailles"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ousmane#33,389oseille#33,388pendent#33,396orfèvre#33,382

Similar misspelling depth

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

logée7 variantsrotor7 variantsLavoie7 variantsJenner7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list