panier

/\pa.nje\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,120

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

panier is aFrenchnoun. It means: Objet portatif creux servant à contenir et transporter des provisions, des marchandises ou des animaux (à l’origine, en vannerie). Pronounced \pa.nje\. It ranks #6,120 in French word frequency. Often confused with Pier and payer.

Key facts for panier
PropertyValue
Headwordpanier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.nje\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,120
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of panier in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for panier is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pa.nje\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,120 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 16 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for panier, with forms such as "apnier", "painer", and "paneir". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Pier", "payer", "panne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is panier, spelled P-A-N-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Objet portatif creux servant à contenir et transporter des provisions, des marchandises ou des animaux (à l’origine, en vannerie).
  2. 2
    Objet rappelant un panier (au sens précédent).
  3. 3
    Cerceau métallique sous lequel est attaché un filet ouvert en bas et dans lequel il faut faire pénétrer le ballon.
  4. 4
    L’action de mettre le ballon dans le panier.
  5. 5
    Objet décoratif constitué d’une corbeille remplie de fleurs.
  6. 6
    Contenu d’un panier.
  7. 7
    Armature en osier qu’on plaçait sous les jupes ou les robes longues pour les faire bouffer.
  8. 8
    Le derrière des dames.
  9. 9
    Liste des articles sélectionnés sur un site marchand, qu’il faut valider pour accéder au tunnel de commande.
  10. 10
    Casier de pêche.
  11. 11
    Dispositif destiné à accueillir les diapositives lors d’une projection.
  12. 12
    Élément, placé à l’extrémité du bras d’une nacelle, pouvant accueillir une ou plusieurs personnes, un poste de commande et disposant un point d’accroche en fond de panier.
  13. 13
    Petite voiture basse en osier.
  14. 14
    Structure métallique permettant la manutention de matières radioactives et satisfaisant à des exigences spécifiques de sûreté nucléaire.
  15. 15
    Partie d’un porteur contenant les bois transportés.
  16. 16
    Groupe de crabes.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apnier,painer,paneir,panierr,panire,pannier,pnaier,ppanier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for panier

Misspelling Variants of "panier"

apnier6painer6paneir6panierr7panire6pannier7pnaier6ppanier7
Misspelling Variants of "panier"

Frequency rank: #6,120 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "panier"?
"panier" is spelled P-A-N-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.nje\.
What does "panier" mean?
As a noun, "panier" means: Objet portatif creux servant à contenir et transporter des provisions, des marchandises ou des animaux (à l’origine, en vannerie).
What words are commonly confused with "panier"?
"panier" is commonly confused with "Pier", "payer", "panne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "panier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "panier" is \pa.nje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "panier" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.