pantin

\pɑ̃.tɛ̃\

/\pɑ̃.tɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“pantin” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,549. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,549
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite figure de carton mince et colorié, dont on fait mouvoir les membres par le moyen d’un fil et qui sert de jouet aux enfants.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pantin · pantin · French

pantin · rank #18,549 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,549
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH outrance

Nearest frequency peer: outrance (-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 « pantin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pantin » 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).

pantin vs parti
67% similar
pantin vs patin
83% similar
pantin vs Patti
50% similar

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

Key facts for pantin
PropertyValue
Headwordpantin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɑ̃.tɛ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,549
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pantin »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pantinse 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 « outrance » (#18,548), « particule » (#18,550), « obscures » (#18,547). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pantin » est au #18,549. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pantin (IPA \pɑ̃.tɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,549 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 pantin, with forms such as "apntin", "panitn", and "panntin". 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, "parti", "patin", "Patti", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pantin, spelled P-A-N-T-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite figure de carton mince et colorié, dont on fait mouvoir les membres par le moyen d’un fil et qui sert de jouet aux enfants.
  2. 2
    Celui qui gesticule sans motif et ridiculement.
  3. 3
    Quelqu’un qui n’a rien de sérieux et de constant dans ses actes, dans ses opinions.
  4. 4
    Pâté en croûte façonné à la main, sans moule.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À la tribune, l'orateur faisait figure d'un de ces ridicules pantins dont, en pressant le ressort, on déclenche la tête et les bras.
  2. Il déployait sa propre tente de cirque immense et noire, et attendait que notre petite tente rouge et jaune, presque un jouet d’enfant, vienne s’y lover, pour pouvoir se jouer de nous comme de pantins.

This word in other languages

marionette(English)marioneta(Español)Hampelmann(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apntin
  • panitn
  • panntin
  • pantinn
  • pantni
  • panttin
  • patnin
  • pnatin
  • ppantin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apntin2panitn2panntin1pantinn1pantni2panttin1patnin2pnatin2
Edit distance from "pantin"

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 "pantin"?
"pantin" is spelled P-A-N-T-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pɑ̃.tɛ̃\.
What does "pantin" mean?
As a noun, "pantin" means: Petite figure de carton mince et colorié, dont on fait mouvoir les membres par le moyen d’un fil et qui sert de jouet aux enfants.
What words are commonly confused with "pantin"?
"pantin" is commonly confused with "parti", "patin", "Patti". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pantin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pantin" is \pɑ̃.tɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pantin" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

noyaux#18,546nettes#18,543perron#18,556Muriel#18,541

Similar misspelling depth

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

piston9 variantsmairies9 variantslièvre9 variantsramassé9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list