Palaiseau
\pa.lɛ.zo\
The verdict
“Palaiseau” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,441. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,441
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Essonne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-palaiseau · Palaiseau · French
Palaiseau · rank #41,441 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,441
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pairie
Nearest frequency peer: pairie (-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 « Palaiseau »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- oublierais
oublierais
58,563 corpus weight
- paganisme
paganisme
58,562 corpus weight
- pairie
pairie
58,561 corpus weight
- Palaiseau
Palaiseau
58,560 corpus weight
- parachutiste
parachutiste
58,559 corpus weight
- patineurs
patineurs
58,557 corpus weight
What this shows « Palaiseau » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Palaiseau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pa.lɛ.zo\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #41,441 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Palaiseau »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Palaiseau (IPA \pa.lɛ.zo\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,441 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Palaiseau, with forms such as "aplaiseau", "paaliseau", and "palaiesau". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Palaiseau, spelled P-A-L-A-I-S-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de l’Essonne.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département de l’Essonne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Palaiseau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un bout de journal, ce soir ; récit d’un drame affreux. À Palaiseau, le docteur Morère aurait tué quatre Prussiens à coups de révolver et aurait été pendu ! Je ne dormirai pas encore cette nuit.
Après la sécheresse de l’été 2022, Igny, Orsay, Palaiseau, Verrières-le-Buisson et Villiers-le-Bâcle font partie du millier de communes reconnues en état de catastrophe naturelle par le ministère de l’Intérieur vendredi.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aplaiseau
- paaliseau
- palaiesau
- palaisaeu
- palaiseua
- palaisseau
- palasieau
- paliaseau
- pallaiseau
- plaaiseau
- ppalaiseau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Palaiseau - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).