palmarès
\pal.ma.ʁɛs\
The verdict
“palmarès” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,096. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,096
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Liste de lauréats d’une distribution de prix ou de récompenses.
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 | palmarès |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pal.ma.ʁɛs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “palmarès” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around palmarès (IPA \pal.ma.ʁɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,096 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for palmarès, with forms such as "aplmarès", "palamrès", and "pallmarès". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "palmas", "Palmyre", "palaces", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is palmarès, spelled P-A-L-M-A-R-È-S.
Definition
- 1Liste de lauréats d’une distribution de prix ou de récompenses.
- 2Liste de ceux qui sont les plus remarquables dans un art, dans une discipline.
- 3Liste des victoires, des succès d'une personne ou d'une œuvre.
- 4Liste de ceux qui sont en tête d'un groupe.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aplmarès
- palamrès
- pallmarès
- palmares
- palmarrès
- palmarsè
- palmarèss
- palmaèrs
- palmmarès
- palmraès
- pamlarès
- plamarès
- ppalmarès
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of palmarès - 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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Using “palmarès”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-L-M-A-R-È-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pal.ma.ʁɛs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “palmas” - see the side-by-side comparison. palmarès vs palmas
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.