Pavel

\pa.vɛl\

/\pa.vɛl\/ name

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The verdict

“Pavel” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,174. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,174
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin, correspondant à Paul.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pavel · Pavel · French

Pavel · rank #27,174 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,174
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH patronyme

Nearest frequency peer: patronyme (-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 « Pavel »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Pavel » 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).

Pavel vs paye
40% similar
Pavel vs peel
40% similar
Pavel vs puel
40% similar

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

Key facts for Pavel
PropertyValue
HeadwordPavel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pa.vɛl\
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,174
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Pavel »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Pavelse 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 « patronyme » (#27,173), « Payet » (#27,175), « pastèque » (#27,172). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Pavel » est au #27,174. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Pavel (IPA \pa.vɛl\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,174 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin, correspondant à Paul.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pavel, with forms such as "apvel", "paevl", and "pavell". 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, "paye", "peel", "puel", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Pavel, spelled P-A-V-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin, correspondant à Paul.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le Français Pavel Sivakov a terminé deuxième.

This word in other languages

Pavel(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apvel
  • paevl
  • pavell
  • pavle
  • pavvel
  • ppavel
  • pvael

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apvel2paevl2pavell1pavle2pavvel1ppavel1pvael2
Edit distance from "Pavel"

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 "Pavel"?
"Pavel" is spelled P-A-V-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.vɛl\.
What does "Pavel" mean?
As a proper noun, "Pavel" means: Prénom masculin, correspondant à Paul.
What words are commonly confused with "Pavel"?
"Pavel" is commonly confused with "paye", "peel", "puel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Pavel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pavel" is \pa.vɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pavel" come from?
"Pavel" 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 "Pavel", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Payet#27,175ostie#27,165prado#27,193priés#27,197

Similar misspelling depth

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

pepper7 variantsprune7 variantspérir7 variantsradeau7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list