palace

\pa.las\

/\pa.las\/ noun

The verdict

“palace” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,759. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,759
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hôtel le plus souvent luxueux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-palace · palace · French

palace · rank #10,759 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,759
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH ouvertures

Nearest frequency peer: ouvertures (-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 « palace »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « palace » 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).

palace vs parce
67% similar
palace vs place
83% similar
palace vs plage
67% similar

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

Key facts for palace
PropertyValue
Headwordpalace
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.las\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,759
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « palace »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.palacese 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 « ouvertures » (#10,758), « obus » (#10,757), « parfaits » (#10,761). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « palace » est au #10,759. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around palace (IPA \pa.las\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,759 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Hôtel le plus souvent luxueux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for palace, with forms such as "aplace", "paalce", and "palacce". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "parce", "place", "plage", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is palace, spelled P-A-L-A-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hôtel le plus souvent luxueux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quant à la clientèle, si elle varie énormément d’un continent à l’autre, elle se reconnait de très loin, combien même un palace reste un palace et donc un lieu aseptisé par excellence où il est rare qu’un hôte se permette de vous accoster.
  2. Mais l'avance des Russes ne fait pas du tout rigoler Isabelle, elle sait bien que quand ils seront ici, ils ratiboiseront d'abord les palaces et après, tous les pleins aux as qui marinent dedans. »

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aplace
  • paalce
  • palacce
  • palaec
  • palcae
  • pallace
  • plaace
  • ppalace

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aplace2paalce2palacce1palaec2palcae2pallace1plaace2ppalace1
Edit distance from "palace"

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 "palace"?
"palace" is spelled P-A-L-A-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.las\.
What does "palace" mean?
As a noun, "palace" means: Hôtel le plus souvent luxueux.
What words are commonly confused with "palace"?
"palace" is commonly confused with "parce", "place", "plage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "palace"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "palace" is \pa.las\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "palace" come from?
"palace" 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 "palace", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list