pardon

\paʁ.dɔ̃\

/\paʁ.dɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“pardon” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,789. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,789
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de pardonner une faute, une offense.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pardon · pardon · French

pardon · rank #2,789 · 9 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,789
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH notion

Nearest frequency peer: notion (-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 « pardon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pardon » 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).

pardon vs paroi
67% similar
pardon vs piron
67% similar
pardon vs patron
67% similar

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

Key facts for pardon
PropertyValue
Headwordpardon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\paʁ.dɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,789
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pardon »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pardonse 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 « notion » (#2,788), « possibles » (#2,791), « meurt » (#2,786). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pardon » est au #2,789. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pardon (IPA \paʁ.dɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,789 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pardon, with forms such as "aprdon", "padron", and "parddon". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "paroi", "piron", "patron", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pardon, spelled P-A-R-D-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de pardonner une faute, une offense.
  2. 2
    Action de demander le pardon.
  3. 3
    Remise de peine.
  4. 4
    Rémission des péchés, des offenses, indulgence, acte de miséricorde.
  5. 5
    Indulgences que l’Église catholique accorde aux fidèles.
  6. 6
    Pèlerinage religieux, surtout en Bretagne ; fête à cette occasion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si l'effort est trop grand pour la faiblesse humaine De pardonner les maux qui nous viennent d'autrui, Épargne-toi du moins le tourment de la haine, À défaut de pardon, laisse venir l'oubli.
  2. Jésus n'a pas été le seul à annoncer le pardon. Çakya-Mouni disait avant lui : "Sois comme le bois de santal qui parfume même la hache qui le coupe".

This word in other languages

forgiveness(English)perdón(Español)Vergebung(Deutsch)perdão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprdon
  • padron
  • parddon
  • pardno
  • pardonn
  • parodn
  • parrdon
  • ppardon
  • pradon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aprdon2padron2parddon1pardno2pardonn1parodn2parrdon1ppardon1
Edit distance from "pardon"

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 "pardon"?
"pardon" is spelled P-A-R-D-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.dɔ̃\.
What does "pardon" mean?
As a noun, "pardon" means: Action de pardonner une faute, une offense.
What words are commonly confused with "pardon"?
"pardon" is commonly confused with "paroi", "piron", "patron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pardon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pardon" is \paʁ.dɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pardon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

notion#2,788majeur#2,785pousse#2,793relève#2,795

Similar misspelling depth

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

Genève9 variantssuicide9 variantsétabli9 variantsatelier9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list