panser

\pɑ̃.se\

/\pɑ̃.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“panser” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,408. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,408
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soigner une plaie ou une blessure ; lui faire un pansement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-panser · panser · French

panser · rank #40,408 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,408
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Papeete

Nearest frequency peer: Papeete (+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 « panser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « panser » 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).

panser vs passé
50% similar
panser vs payer
67% similar
panser vs poser
67% similar

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

Key facts for panser
PropertyValue
Headwordpanser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɑ̃.se\
Letters6
Frequency rank#40,408
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « panser »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.panserse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Papeete » (#40,409), « ouvrables » (#40,406), « Papin » (#40,410). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « panser » est au #40,408. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around panser (IPA \pɑ̃.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #40,408 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for panser, with forms such as "apnser", "panesr", and "pannser". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "passé", "payer", "poser", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 panser, spelled P-A-N-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soigner une plaie ou une blessure ; lui faire un pansement.
  2. 2
    Consoler, soulager.
  3. 3
    Réparer un objet.
  4. 4
    Faire la toilette d’un animal, en particulier d’un cheval, l’étriller, le brosser, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'assistance médicale était organisée ; les infirmeries indigènes, créées dans chacun de nos postes, voyaient affluer, chaque jour, des centaines de consultants dont certains venaient se faire panser les blessures reçues en nous combattant ; […].
  2. Les blessures des arbres doivent être soigneusement pansées au mastic.

This word in other languages

curry-comb(English)vendar(Español)striegeln(Deutsch)raspar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apnser
  • panesr
  • pannser
  • panserr
  • pansre
  • pansser
  • pasner
  • pnaser
  • ppanser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of panser - 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.

apnser2panesr2pannser1panserr1pansre2pansser1pasner2pnaser2
Edit distance from "panser"

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 "panser"?
"panser" is spelled P-A-N-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pɑ̃.se\.
What does "panser" mean?
As a verb, "panser" means: Soigner une plaie ou une blessure ; lui faire un pansement.
What words are commonly confused with "panser"?
"panser" is commonly confused with "passé", "payer", "poser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "panser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "panser" is \pɑ̃.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "panser" come from?
"panser" 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 "panser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

others#40,404parrot#40,412octets#40,401Petrus#40,419

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Papeete9 variantsPhallus9 variantspollens9 variantspuzzles9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list