Pauline

\pɔ.lin\

/\pɔ.lin\/ name

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The verdict

“Pauline” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,727. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,727
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-pauline · Pauline · French

Pauline · rank #6,727 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,727
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pan

Nearest frequency peer: pan (-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 « Pauline »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Pauline » 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).

Pauline vs Pline
71% similar
Pauline vs poulie
57% similar
Pauline vs poulin
57% similar

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

Key facts for Pauline
PropertyValue
HeadwordPauline
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pɔ.lin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,727
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Pauline »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Paulinese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pan » (#6,726), « PDG » (#6,728), « pa » (#6,725). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Pauline » est au #6,727. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Pauline (IPA \pɔ.lin\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #6,727 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pauline, with forms such as "apuline", "paluine", and "pauilne". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Pline", "poulie", "poulin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Pauline, spelled P-A-U-L-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.
  2. 2
    Personnage de Polyeucte, pièce de théâtre de Corneille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Puis il passait en revue les filles du village, — C’est-y la Pauline qui te conviendrait ? La Virginie Mathieu, non plus, n’était pas à dédaigner. Il n’avait qu’à se décider et à choisir.
  2. – Toujours belle, notre Pauline, toujours fraîche ; les ans ne comptent pas pour toi. Comment fais-tu ?

This word in other languages

Pauline(English)Pauline(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apuline
  • paluine
  • pauilne
  • paulien
  • paulinne
  • paulline
  • paulnie
  • ppauline
  • pualine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pauline - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

apuline2paluine2pauilne2paulien2paulinne1paulline1paulnie2ppauline1
Edit distance from "Pauline"

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 "Pauline"?
"Pauline" is spelled P-A-U-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.lin\.
What does "Pauline" mean?
As a proper noun, "Pauline" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Pauline"?
"Pauline" is commonly confused with "Pline", "poulie", "poulin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Pauline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pauline" is \pɔ.lin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pauline" come from?
"Pauline" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ouvrent#6,724prenons#6,730obligée#6,720mettons#6,715

Similar misspelling depth

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

posent9 variantsongles9 variantspénale9 variantsrendra9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list