panthère

\pɑ̃.tɛʁ\

/\pɑ̃.tɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“panthère” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,929. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,929
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Une des espèces de grands félins d’Afrique et d’Asie à peau tachetée, aussi appelée léopard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-panthere · panthère · French

panthère · rank #19,929 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,929
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pandémie

Nearest frequency peer: pandémie (-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 « panthère »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « panthère » 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).

panthère vs panthers
75% similar
panthère vs panthères
89% similar
panthère vs panther
75% similar

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

Key facts for panthère
PropertyValue
Headwordpanthère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɑ̃.tɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,929
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « panthère »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).panthèrese 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 « pandémie » (#19,928), « parages » (#19,930), « pam » (#19,927). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « panthère » est au #19,929. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around panthère (IPA \pɑ̃.tɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,929 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for panthère, with forms such as "apnthère", "panhtère", and "pannthère". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "panthers", "panthères", "panther", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 panthère, spelled P-A-N-T-H-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Une des espèces de grands félins d’Afrique et d’Asie à peau tachetée, aussi appelée léopard.
  2. 2
    Variante de panthère d’Afrique (carnivore félin).
  3. 3
    Espèce de félin appartenant au genre Panthera (jaguar, léopard, lion, once, tigre).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La prenant pour une enfant abandonnée, ils adoptèrent cette panthère colorée.

Synonyms

léopard

This word in other languages

panther(English)pantera(Español)Panther(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apnthère
  • panhtère
  • pannthère
  • panthere
  • panthhère
  • panthrèe
  • panthèer
  • panthèrre
  • pantthère
  • pantèhre
  • patnhère
  • pnathère
  • ppanthère

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apnthère2panhtère2pannthère1panthere1panthhère1panthrèe2panthèer2panthèrre1
Edit distance from "panthère"

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 "panthère"?
"panthère" is spelled P-A-N-T-H-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɑ̃.tɛʁ\.
What does "panthère" mean?
As a noun, "panthère" means: Une des espèces de grands félins d’Afrique et d’Asie à peau tachetée, aussi appelée léopard.
What words are commonly confused with "panthère"?
"panthère" is commonly confused with "panthers", "panthères", "panther". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "panthère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "panthère" is \pɑ̃.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "panthère" come from?
"panthère" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

pandémie#19,928paranoïa#19,931obtenant#19,923Mourinho#19,914

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

populiste13 variantsporterait13 variantspropulsé13 variantslumineuses13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list