pâlir
\pɑ.liʁ\
The verdict
“pâlir” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,955. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,955
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Devenir pâle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-palir · pâlir · French
pâlir · rank #39,955 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,955
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH prot
Nearest frequency peer: prot (-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 « pâlir »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- prononcera
prononcera
60,049 corpus weight
- propulseurs
propulseurs
60,048 corpus weight
- prot
prot
60,047 corpus weight
- pâlir
pâlir
60,046 corpus weight
- pétillant
pétillant
60,045 corpus weight
- quechua
quechua
60,044 corpus weight
What this shows « pâlir » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pâlir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɑ.liʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pâlir »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around pâlir (IPA \pɑ.liʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,955 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pâlir, with forms such as "palir", "plâir", and "ppâlir". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "par", "pli", "pir", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pâlir, spelled P-Â-L-I-R.
Definition
- 1Devenir pâle.
- 2Briller faiblement, éclipser, perdre en force, faiblir.
- 3Inspirer des émotions qui rendent pâles, de la crainte, de l'envie, du dépit, etc.
- 4Rendre pâle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pâlir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le soleil pâlit au milieu de son cours, et l'azur du ciel, traversé de bandes verdâtres, semble se décomposer dans une lumière louche et troublée.
Pour sonder son frère, Aristide, qui n’osait paraître inquiet ouvertement, se contenta de lui demander : — As-tu lu mon article d’hier ? Qu’en penses-tu ? Eugène eut un léger mouvement d’épaules. — Vous êtes un niais, mon frère, répondit-il simplement. — Alors, s’écria le journaliste en pâlissant, tu donnes raison à Vuillet, tu crois au triomphe de Vuille…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- palir
- plâir
- ppâlir
- pâilr
- pâlirr
- pâllir
- pâlri
- âplir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pâlir - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).