paye

\pɛj\

/\pɛj\/ noun

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The verdict

“paye” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,028. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,028
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salaire ou rémunération d’un travail.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paye · paye · French

paye · rank #3,028 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,028
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH patient

Nearest frequency peer: patient (-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 « paye »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « paye » 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).

paye vs pe
50% similar
paye vs Py
25% similar
paye vs pré
25% similar

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

Key facts for paye
PropertyValue
Headwordpaye
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛj\
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,028
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paye »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).payese 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 « patient » (#3,027), « pensées » (#3,029), « olympique » (#3,026). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paye » est au #3,028. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around paye (IPA \pɛj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,028 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for paye, with forms such as "apye", "paey", and "payye". 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, "pe", "Py", "pré", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is paye, spelled P-A-Y-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Salaire ou rémunération d’un travail.
  2. 2
    Action de payer.
  3. 3
    Celui qui donne la rémunération ou le salaire.
  4. 4
    Débiteur.
  5. 5
    Un long moment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est parti après avoir touché sa paye.
  2. Donner la paye aux troupes.

This word in other languages

salary(English)pago(Español)Lohn(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apye
  • paey
  • payye
  • ppaye
  • pyae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apye2paey2payye1ppaye1pyae2
Edit distance from "paye"

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 "paye"?
"paye" is spelled P-A-Y-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛj\.
What does "paye" mean?
As a noun, "paye" means: Salaire ou rémunération d’un travail.
What words are commonly confused with "paye"?
"paye" is commonly confused with "pe", "Py", "pré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paye"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paye" is \pɛj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paye" come from?
"paye" 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 "paye", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vies#3,049grec#3,006ange#3,053miss#3,086

Similar misspelling depth

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

folle5 variantsqueue5 variantsEric5 variantsabus5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list