pancréas
\pɑ̃.kʁe.as\
The verdict
“pancréas” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,364. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,364
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Glande abdominale mixte, à la fois exocrine (produisant un suc digestif riche en enzymes pour la digestion des lipides, glucides et protéines) et endocrine (sécrétant des hormones comme l’insuline)...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pancréas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɑ̃.kʁe.as\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pancréas” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around pancréas (IPA \pɑ̃.kʁe.as\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,364 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Glande abdominale mixte, à la fois exocrine (produisant un suc digestif riche en enzymes pour la digestion des lipides, glucides et protéines) et endocrine (sécrétant des hormones comme l’insuline)...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pancréas, with forms such as "apncréas", "pacnréas", and "panccréas". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pancréas, spelled P-A-N-C-R-É-A-S.
Definition
- 1Glande abdominale mixte, à la fois exocrine (produisant un suc digestif riche en enzymes pour la digestion des lipides, glucides et protéines) et endocrine (sécrétant des hormones comme l’insuline), dont le suc s’écoule dans le duodénum.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apncréas,pacnréas,panccréas,pancraés,pancreas,pancrréas,pancréass,pancrésa,pancéras,panncréas,panrcéas,pnacréas,ppancréas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pancréas - 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 “pancréas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-N-C-R-É-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɑ̃.kʁe.as\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.