payantes

\pɛ.jɑ̃t\

/\pɛ.jɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“payantes” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,025. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,025
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de payant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-payantes · payantes · French

payantes · rank #22,025 · 12 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,025
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pastel

Nearest frequency peer: pastel (-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 « payantes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « payantes » 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).

payantes vs plantés
63% similar
payantes vs payants
88% similar
payantes vs paysannes
78% similar

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

Key facts for payantes
PropertyValue
Headwordpayantes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pɛ.jɑ̃t\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,025
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « payantes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.payantesse 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 « pastel » (#22,024), « penny » (#22,026), « paperasse » (#22,023). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « payantes » est au #22,025. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around payantes (IPA \pɛ.jɑ̃t\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,025 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de payant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for payantes, with forms such as "apyantes", "paayntes", and "payanets". 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, "plantés", "payants", "paysannes", 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is payantes, spelled P-A-Y-A-N-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de payant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apyantes
  • paayntes
  • payanets
  • payanntes
  • payantess
  • payantse
  • payanttes
  • payatnes
  • paynates
  • payyantes
  • ppayantes
  • pyaantes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apyantes2paayntes2payanets2payanntes1payantess1payantse2payanttes1payatnes2
Edit distance from "payantes"

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 "payantes"?
"payantes" is spelled P-A-Y-A-N-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ.jɑ̃t\.
What does "payantes" mean?
As an adjective, "payantes" means: Féminin pluriel de payant.
What words are commonly confused with "payantes"?
"payantes" is commonly confused with "plantés", "payants", "paysannes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "payantes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "payantes" is \pɛ.jɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "payantes" come from?
"payantes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list