paniques

\pa.nik\

/\pa.nik\/ noun

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The verdict

“paniques” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,940. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,940
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de panique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paniques · paniques · French

paniques · rank #46,940 · 11 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,940
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pampelune

Nearest frequency peer: Pampelune (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « paniques »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « paniques » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

paniques vs Pâques
50% similar
paniques vs piqués
63% similar
paniques vs punique
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for paniques
PropertyValue
Headwordpaniques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.nik\
Letters8
Frequency rank#46,940
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paniques »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).paniquesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Pampelune » (#46,939), « pantoufle » (#46,941), « pactes » (#46,938). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paniques » est au #46,940. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around paniques (IPA \pa.nik\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,940 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de panique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for paniques, with forms such as "apniques", "painques", and "paniqeus". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Pâques", "piqués", "punique", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is paniques, spelled P-A-N-I-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de panique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how paniques appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans le métro il a suffi de quelques bombes artisanales pour faire des dizaines de morts et les paniques qui se sont déclenchées en ont fait encore autant dans les heures qui ont suivi.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apniques
  • painques
  • paniqeus
  • paniqques
  • paniquess
  • paniquse
  • paniuqes
  • panniques
  • panqiues
  • pnaiques
  • ppaniques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paniques - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

apniques2painques2paniqeus2paniqques1paniquess1paniquse2paniuqes2panniques1
Edit distance from "paniques"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paniques"?
"paniques" is spelled P-A-N-I-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.nik\.
What does "paniques" mean?
As a noun, "paniques" means: Pluriel de panique.
What words are commonly confused with "paniques"?
"paniques" is commonly confused with "Pâques", "piqués", "punique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paniques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paniques" is \pa.nik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paniques" come from?
"paniques" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "paniques", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

penchait#46,949phonèmes#46,953nébuleux#46,922nutritif#46,920

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Olympus11 variantsOlympic11 variantsoffusquer11 variantsocclusion11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list