participe

\paʁ.ti.sip\

/\paʁ.ti.sip\/ noun

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The verdict

“participe” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,155. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,155
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme verbale ayant à la fois le sens du verbe et la nature de l’adjectif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-participe · participe · French

participe · rank #3,155 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,155
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH odeur

Nearest frequency peer: odeur (-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 « participe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « participe » 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).

participe vs particule
78% similar
participe vs participer
90% similar
participe vs participez
90% similar

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

Key facts for participe
PropertyValue
Headwordparticipe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\paʁ.ti.sip\
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,155
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « participe »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.participese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « odeur » (#3,154), « peuples » (#3,156), « ménage » (#3,153). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « participe » est au #3,155. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around participe (IPA \paʁ.ti.sip\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,155 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for participe, with forms such as "aprticipe", "paritcipe", and "parrticipe". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "particule", "participer", "participez", 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is participe, spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forme verbale ayant à la fois le sens du verbe et la nature de l’adjectif.
  2. 2
    Qui participe de quelque chose, qui tient de la nature de quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La forme du participe nous est un témoignage évident qu’après le verbe aver le participe doit être mis au cas régime, mais après esser au cas sujet.
  2. Ce matin-là, j’étais très en retard pour aller à l’école, et j’avais grand-peur d’être grondé, d’autant que M. Hamel nous avait dit qu’il nous interrogerait sur les participes, et je n’en savais pas le premier mot. Un moment l’idée me vint de manquer la classe et de prendre ma course à travers champs.

This word in other languages

participle(English)participio(Español)Mittelwort(Deutsch)particípio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprticipe
  • paritcipe
  • parrticipe
  • partciipe
  • particcipe
  • particiep
  • particippe
  • particpie
  • partiicpe
  • partticipe
  • patricipe
  • pparticipe
  • praticipe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aprticipe2paritcipe2parrticipe1partciipe2particcipe1particiep2particippe1particpie2
Edit distance from "participe"

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 "participe"?
"participe" is spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.ti.sip\.
What does "participe" mean?
As a noun, "participe" means: Forme verbale ayant à la fois le sens du verbe et la nature de l’adjectif.
What words are commonly confused with "participe"?
"participe" is commonly confused with "particule", "participer", "participez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "participe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "participe" is \paʁ.ti.sip\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "participe" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

faisaient#3,137attendent#3,182combattre#3,127demandent#3,193

Similar misspelling depth

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

difficiles13 variantsculturelle13 variantsclassiques13 variantscorruption13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list