palier

\pa.lje\

/\pa.lje\/ noun

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The verdict

“palier” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,629
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organe utilisé en construction mécanique pour supporter et guider, en rotation, des arbres de transmission.

Corpus desk

Index FR-palier · palier · French

palier · rank #12,629 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,629
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH octroi

Nearest frequency peer: octroi (-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 « palier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « palier » 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).

palier vs plie
67% similar
palier vs Pier
50% similar
palier vs payer
67% similar

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

Key facts for palier
PropertyValue
Headwordpalier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.lje\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,629
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « palier »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.palierse 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 « octroi » (#12,628), « pans » (#12,630), « nourris » (#12,627). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « palier » est au #12,629. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around palier (IPA \pa.lje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,629 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for palier, with forms such as "aplier", "pailer", and "paleir". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plie", "Pier", "payer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is palier, spelled P-A-L-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organe utilisé en construction mécanique pour supporter et guider, en rotation, des arbres de transmission.
  2. 2
    Plate-forme aménagée dans un escalier ou dans une rampe au niveau des étages.
  3. 3
    Parvis d’une demeure modeste.
  4. 4
    Étape, degré.
  5. 5
    Partie d’une route, d’une voie de chemin de fer qui est horizontale, qui n’offre pas de pente.
  6. 6
    Degré intermédiaire, de valeur déterminée, dans l’échelle d’un système de représentation ou de reproduction.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’ajustage des parties frottantes demande des précautions, notamment celui des coussinets sur les arbres et essieux. On doit leur donner un peu de jeu, surtout à l’entrée, afin d’éviter le pincement qui se produirait si l’axe venait à chauffer et à se dilater. Ils doivent, par contre, être très-exactement retenus dans leur chape ou palier.
  2. Le palier est long et étroit, le mur est tendu d’une imitation de tapisserie à ramages vert sombre où brille le cuivre d’une applique à gaz.

Synonyms

reposplatreplat

This word in other languages

bearing(English)cojinete(Español)Treppenabsatz(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aplier
  • pailer
  • paleir
  • palierr
  • ppalier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of palier - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aplier2pailer2paleir2palierr1ppalier1
Edit distance from "palier"

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 "palier"?
"palier" is spelled P-A-L-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.lje\.
What does "palier" mean?
As a noun, "palier" means: Organe utilisé en construction mécanique pour supporter et guider, en rotation, des arbres de transmission.
What words are commonly confused with "palier"?
"palier" is commonly confused with "plie", "Pier", "payer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "palier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "palier" is \pa.lje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "palier" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

octroi#12,628niquer#12,625Neymar#12,624moelle#12,621

Similar misspelling depth

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

nets5 variantslabo5 variantskilo5 variantsjudo5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list