paintball

\pɛjnt.bɔl\

/\pɛjnt.bɔl\/ noun

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The verdict

“paintball” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,470. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,470
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu consistant au moyen d'un lanceur ou d'un marqueur à atteindre un adversaire avec des billes contenant un colorant lavable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paintball · paintball · French

paintball · rank #38,470 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,470
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Oxfam

Nearest frequency peer: Oxfam (-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 « paintball »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « paintball » 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
Key facts for paintball
PropertyValue
Headwordpaintball
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛjnt.bɔl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#38,470
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paintball »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.paintballse 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 « Oxfam » (#38,469), « panacée » (#38,471), « Panasonic » (#38,472). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paintball » est au #38,470. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around paintball (IPA \pɛjnt.bɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,470 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Jeu consistant au moyen d'un lanceur ou d'un marqueur à atteindre un adversaire avec des billes contenant un colorant lavable.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for paintball, with forms such as "apintball", "painbtall", and "painntball". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is paintball, spelled P-A-I-N-T-B-A-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeu consistant au moyen d'un lanceur ou d'un marqueur à atteindre un adversaire avec des billes contenant un colorant lavable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ils devaient juste aller faire une partie de paintball.

This word in other languages

paintball(English)paintball(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apintball
  • painbtall
  • painntball
  • paintabll
  • paintbal
  • paintbball
  • paintblal
  • painttball
  • paitnball
  • panitball
  • piantball
  • ppaintball

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apintball2painbtall2painntball1paintabll2paintbal1paintbball1paintblal2painttball1
Edit distance from "paintball"

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 "paintball"?
"paintball" is spelled P-A-I-N-T-B-A-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛjnt.bɔl\.
What does "paintball" mean?
As a noun, "paintball" means: Jeu consistant au moyen d'un lanceur ou d'un marqueur à atteindre un adversaire avec des billes contenant un colorant lavable.
What are common misspellings of "paintball"?
Common misspellings include "apintball", "painbtall", "painntball", "paintabll", "paintbal". The correct spelling is "paintball".
How do you pronounce "paintball"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paintball" is \pɛjnt.bɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paintball" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "paintball", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Panasonic#38,472orléanais#38,466picturale#38,478offensifs#38,460

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

offensant12 variantsplatanes12 variantsoctroyée12 variantspressante12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list