palaces

\pa.las\

/\pa.las\/ noun

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The verdict

“palaces” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,262. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,262
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-palaces · palaces · French

palaces · rank #49,262 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,262
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH ovulation

Nearest frequency peer: ovulation (-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 « palaces »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « palaces » 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).

palaces vs place
71% similar
palaces vs pales
71% similar
palaces vs palais
71% similar

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

Key facts for palaces
PropertyValue
Headwordpalaces
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.las\
Letters7
Frequency rank#49,262
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « palaces »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.palacesse 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 « ovulation » (#49,261), « Parrish » (#49,263), « oseront » (#49,260). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « palaces » est au #49,262. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around palaces (IPA \pa.las\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,262 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de palace.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for palaces, with forms such as "aplaces", "paalces", and "palacces". 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, "place", "pales", "palais", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is palaces, spelled P-A-L-A-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de palace.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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:

  • aplaces
  • paalces
  • palacces
  • palacess
  • palacse
  • palaecs
  • palcaes
  • pallaces
  • plaaces
  • ppalaces

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aplaces2paalces2palacces1palacess1palacse2palaecs2palcaes2pallaces1
Edit distance from "palaces"

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 "palaces"?
"palaces" is spelled P-A-L-A-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.las\.
What does "palaces" mean?
As a noun, "palaces" means: Pluriel de palace.
What words are commonly confused with "palaces"?
"palaces" is commonly confused with "place", "pales", "palais". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "palaces"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "palaces" is \pa.las\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "palaces" come from?
"palaces" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Parrish#49,263oseront#49,260peabody#49,264osaient#49,259

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

perdrai10 variantspeupler10 variantsPfeiffer10 variantsmontais10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list