pancake
\pan.kɛk\
The verdict
“pancake” is uncommon French (frequency #65,384 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,384
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Crêpe épaisse de petit format.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pancake · pancake · French
pancake · rank #65,384 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,384
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 248,534
- PHOTO-FINISH pamphlétaire
Nearest frequency peer: pamphlétaire (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pancake”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- palets
palets
34,620 corpus weight
- Paltrow
Paltrow
34,619 corpus weight
- pamphlétaire
pamphlétaire
34,618 corpus weight
- pancake
pancake
34,617 corpus weight
- paradisiaqu…
paradisiaques
34,615 corpus weight
- paralysent
paralysent
34,614 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pancake” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pancake |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pan.kɛk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pancake” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pancake is uncommon French at frequency #65,384 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pan.kɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Crêpe épaisse de petit format.".
pancake has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pancake, spelled P-A-N-C-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1Crêpe épaisse de petit format.
This word in other languages
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pancake", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.