pauses

\poz\

/\poz\/ noun

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The verdict

“pauses” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,697. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,697
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-pauses · pauses · French

pauses · rank #16,697 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,697
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH payait

Nearest frequency peer: payait (+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 « pauses »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pauses » 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).

pauses vs pues
67% similar
pauses vs payés
50% similar
pauses vs posés
50% similar

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

Key facts for pauses
PropertyValue
Headwordpauses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\poz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,697
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pauses »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pausesse 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 « payait » (#16,698), « partons » (#16,695), « penseurs » (#16,699). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pauses » est au #16,697. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pauses (IPA \poz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,697 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de pause.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pauses, with forms such as "apuses", "pasues", and "pauess". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pues", "payés", "posés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pauses, spelled P-A-U-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de pause.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les pauses sont hyper-importantes, c’est pendant ces moments particuliers que se font les échanges de cartes de visite, les prises de rendez-vous d’affaires, le business !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apuses
  • pasues
  • pauess
  • pausess
  • pausses
  • ppauses
  • puases

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apuses2pasues2pauess2pausess1pausses1ppauses1puases2
Edit distance from "pauses"

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 "pauses"?
"pauses" is spelled P-A-U-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \poz\.
What does "pauses" mean?
As a noun, "pauses" means: Pluriel de pause.
What words are commonly confused with "pauses"?
"pauses" is commonly confused with "pues", "payés", "posés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pauses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pauses" is \poz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pauses" come from?
"pauses" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

payait#16,698pignon#16,703ordure#16,690opaque#16,689

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

parme7 variantspacha7 variantsNiort7 variantsnettoie7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list