pansement

\pɑ̃s.mɑ̃\

/\pɑ̃s.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“pansement” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,620. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,620
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de panser une plaie ou une blessure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pansement · pansement · French

pansement · rank #19,620 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,620
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH paies

Nearest frequency peer: paies (-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 « pansement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pansement » 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).

pansement vs payement
78% similar
pansement vs parement
78% similar
pansement vs parlement
78% similar

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

Key facts for pansement
PropertyValue
Headwordpansement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɑ̃s.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,620
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pansement »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « paies » (#19,619), « Paraguay » (#19,621), « ouh » (#19,618). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pansement » est au #19,620. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around pansement (IPA \pɑ̃s.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,620 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for pansement, with forms such as "apnsement", "panesment", and "pannsement". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "payement", "parement", "parlement", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pansement, spelled P-A-N-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de panser une plaie ou une blessure.
  2. 2
    Ce qui sert à panser.
  3. 3
    Toilette d’un animal domestique, en particulier d’un cheval.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Face à l’afflux de blessés pendant la guerre (1 200 lits), et à l’augmentation du nombre d’infirmiers et d’infirmières majors, les sœurs de Saint-Éloi perdent néanmoins du terrain : le personnel laïque « essaie de remplacer les sœurs pour les pansements, piqûres, salles d’opération, etc. » (1919).
  2. On m’emmenait chez ma grand-mère le samedi, comme on emmène un malade au pansement.

This word in other languages

bandage(English)curita(Español)Pflaster(Deutsch)curativo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apnsement
  • panesment
  • pannsement
  • panseemnt
  • pansemennt
  • pansementt
  • pansemetn
  • pansemment
  • pansemnet
  • pansmeent
  • panssement
  • pasnement
  • pnasement
  • ppansement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apnsement2panesment2pannsement1panseemnt2pansemennt1pansementt1pansemetn2pansemment1
Edit distance from "pansement"

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 "pansement"?
"pansement" is spelled P-A-N-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pɑ̃s.mɑ̃\.
What does "pansement" mean?
As a noun, "pansement" means: Action de panser une plaie ou une blessure.
What words are commonly confused with "pansement"?
"pansement" is commonly confused with "payement", "parement", "parlement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pansement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pansement" is \pɑ̃s.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pansement" come from?
"pansement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

partageait14 variantsqualifiant14 variantsrivalités14 variantsRobespierre14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list