pancakes
\pan.kɛk\
The verdict
“pancakes” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,082. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,082
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de pancake.
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 | pancakes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pan.kɛk\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,082 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pancakes” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around pancakes (IPA \pan.kɛk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,082 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de pancake.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for pancakes, with forms such as "apncakes", "pacnakes", and "panackes". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pancartes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pancakes, spelled P-A-N-C-A-K-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de pancake.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apncakes
- pacnakes
- panackes
- pancaeks
- pancakess
- pancakkes
- pancakse
- panccakes
- panckaes
- panncakes
- pnacakes
- ppancakes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pancakes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “pancakes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-N-C-A-K-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pan.kɛk\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pancartes” - see the side-by-side comparison. pancakes vs pancartes
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.