paste

noun

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The verdict

“paste” is uncommon French (frequency #83,237 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,237
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pâte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paste · paste · French

paste · rank #83,237 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,237
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH passeron

Nearest frequency peer: passeron (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « paste »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « paste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for paste
PropertyValue
Headwordpaste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#83,237
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « paste » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pastetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « passeron » (#83,236), « pede » (#83,239), « peignez » (#83,240). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paste » est au #83,237. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

paste is uncommon French at frequency #83,237 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pâte.".

Zero misspellings are on record for paste in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is paste, spelled P-A-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pâte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quar ma meson est trop deserte Et povre et gaste Sovent n'i a ne pain ne paste
  2. Colons [pigeons] en rost, connins en paste.

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 "paste"?
"paste" is spelled P-A-S-T-E.
What does "paste" mean?
As a noun, "paste" means: Pâte.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pacsé#83,227PLFSS#83,257onsen#83,214Noura#83,201

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list