papillons
\pa.pi.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“papillons” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,821. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,821
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de papillon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-papillons · papillons · French
papillons · rank #11,821 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,821
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH panorama
Nearest frequency peer: panorama (-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 « papillons »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- orages
orages
88,183 corpus weight
- osent
osent
88,182 corpus weight
- panorama
panorama
88,181 corpus weight
- papillons
papillons
88,180 corpus weight
- paraissait
paraissait
88,179 corpus weight
- paroi
paroi
88,178 corpus weight
What this shows « papillons » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | papillons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.pi.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #11,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « papillons »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around papillons (IPA \pa.pi.jɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,821 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de papillon.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for papillons, with forms such as "appillons", "paipllons", and "papillnos". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "pavillon", "pavillons", "papillon", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is papillons, spelled P-A-P-I-L-L-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de papillon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how papillons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais l’été, on peut aussi préparer des confitures d’abricot et de pêche, enchaîner les promenades dans la nature, sortir quand la chaleur baisse et profiter des longues soirées lumineuses, regarder voler les papillons, surtout quand on est un hyperurbain et que la nature n’a plus qu’une place très anecdotique dans notre quotidien.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- appillons
- paipllons
- papillnos
- papillonns
- papillonss
- papillosn
- papilolns
- papilons
- paplilons
- pappillons
- ppaillons
- ppapillons
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of papillons - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "papillons", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).