pantalon

\pɑ̃.ta.lɔ̃\

/\pɑ̃.ta.lɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“pantalon” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,374. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,374
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Longue culotte qui descend jusque sur le cou-de-pied.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pantalon · pantalon · French

pantalon · rank #5,374 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,374
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH opposer

Nearest frequency peer: opposer (-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 « pantalon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pantalon » 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).

pantalon vs panthéon
75% similar
pantalon vs pantalons
89% similar

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

Key facts for pantalon
PropertyValue
Headwordpantalon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɑ̃.ta.lɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,374
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pantalon »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pantalonse 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 « opposer » (#5,373), « parcs » (#5,375), « oeuvres » (#5,372). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pantalon » est au #5,374. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around pantalon (IPA \pɑ̃.ta.lɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,374 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for pantalon, with forms such as "apntalon", "panatlon", and "panntalon". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "panthéon", "pantalons", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pantalon, spelled P-A-N-T-A-L-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Longue culotte qui descend jusque sur le cou-de-pied.
  2. 2
    Pièce de lingerie féminine consistant en une culotte à jambes.
  3. 3
    Comédien ou comédienne endossant le rôle de Pantalon.
  4. 4
    Homme sans dignité, sans consistance, qui change d’opinion, d’attitude et de conduite suivant les circonstances et ce qu’il croit être son intérêt, par allusion au personnage de la comédie italienne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À peine eurent-ils endossé l’habit national, qu’ils s’admirèrent dans ce nouvel accoutrement ; le plus mince artisan affublé d’un uniforme regardait avec dédain son confrère en habit bourgeois. Bientôt un bonnet de grenadier et un pantalon de chasseur divisèrent en trois corps la milice parisienne elle-même et l’empêchèrent de se réunir pour le salut commun.
  2. Winckelmann paraît s'être trompé, lorsqu'il a dit que le subligaculum des acteurs romains était un pantalon comme nous disons aujourd'hui.

Synonyms

benbénardbénochebénousebénouzefalzarfalzardfendantfendardfrocfutalfut’futegrimpant

This word in other languages

pants(English)pantalón(Español)Beinkleid(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apntalon
  • panatlon
  • panntalon
  • pantallon
  • pantalno
  • pantalonn
  • pantaoln
  • pantlaon
  • panttalon
  • patnalon
  • pnatalon
  • ppantalon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pantalon - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

apntalon2panatlon2panntalon1pantallon1pantalno2pantalonn1pantaoln2pantlaon2
Edit distance from "pantalon"

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 "pantalon"?
"pantalon" is spelled P-A-N-T-A-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pɑ̃.ta.lɔ̃\.
What does "pantalon" mean?
As a noun, "pantalon" means: Longue culotte qui descend jusque sur le cou-de-pied.
What words are commonly confused with "pantalon"?
"pantalon" is commonly confused with "panthéon", "pantalons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pantalon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pantalon" is \pɑ̃.ta.lɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pantalon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list