panse
\pɑ̃s\
The verdict
“panse” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,987. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,987
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ventre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-panse · panse · French
panse · rank #36,987 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,987
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH Oural
Nearest frequency peer: Oural (-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 “panse”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- oro
oro
63,017 corpus weight
- orthographi…
orthographique
63,016 corpus weight
- Oural
Oural
63,015 corpus weight
- panse
panse
63,014 corpus weight
- parement
parement
63,013 corpus weight
- parente
parente
63,012 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “panse” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | panse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #36,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “panse” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around panse (IPA \pɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,987 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for panse, with forms such as "apnse", "pansse", and "pasne". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pas", "pays", "pose", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is panse, spelled P-A-N-S-E.
Definition
- 1Ventre.
- 2Premier estomac des ruminants ; rumen ; herbier.
- 3Partie renflée d’une chose.
- 4Bedaine
- 5Ancien bateau de pêche hollandais.
- 6Partie courbe d’une lettre contenant un espace intérieur.
- 7Partie centrale d’une cloche, la plus grande, qui transmet les vibrations.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how panse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Renard, que tu as pris de panse ! Certes, chagrin d’amour ne t’a point fait maigrir.
Pourtant, il passe le plus gros de son temps à leur remplir la panse de vinasse pas chère, à ces pochtrons, et à entretenir leur cirrhose contre de jolis euros brillants.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apnse
- pansse
- pasne
- pnase
- ppanse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of panse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "panse", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "panse" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "pas". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #36,987 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.