paillon
\pa.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“paillon” is uncommon French (frequency #75,068 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,068
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Enveloppe de paille qui sert à emballer des bouteilles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,068 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paillon” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
paillon is uncommon French at frequency #75,068 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
paillon has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 paillon, spelled P-A-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Enveloppe de paille qui sert à emballer des bouteilles.
- 2Grosse paillette.
- 3Lamelles de cuivre battu, très minces, colorées d’un côté, dont les joailliers mettent de petits morceaux au fond des chatons des pierres précieuses et des cristaux.
- 4Petit morceau de soudure.
- 5Feuille d'étain très mince.
- 6Infidélité.
- 7Treillis de bois, de paille ou de métal pour fromages, sur lesquels ils poursuivent leur égouttage et leur affinage.
- 8Petite lame d'acier dont l'assemblage forme la chaîne du ressort à fusée d'une montre.
- 9Maille d'une scie à chaînette.
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.
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Using “paillon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-I-L-L-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pa.jɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.