payeurs

\pɛ.jœʁ\

/\pɛ.jœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“payeurs” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,819. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,819
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-payeurs · payeurs · French

payeurs · rank #33,819 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,819
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH partagera

Nearest frequency peer: partagera (-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 « payeurs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « payeurs » 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).

payeurs vs peurs
71% similar
payeurs vs pleurs
71% similar
payeurs vs payer
71% similar

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

Key facts for payeurs
PropertyValue
Headwordpayeurs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛ.jœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,819
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « payeurs »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.payeursse 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 « partagera » (#33,818), « PBS » (#33,820), « parliez » (#33,817). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « payeurs » est au #33,819. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around payeurs (IPA \pɛ.jœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,819 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de payeur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for payeurs, with forms such as "apyeurs", "paeyurs", and "payerus". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "peurs", "pleurs", "payer", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is payeurs, spelled P-A-Y-E-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de payeur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les payeurs et les receveurs forment la plus grande plaie de l’État.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apyeurs
  • paeyurs
  • payerus
  • payeurrs
  • payeurss
  • payeusr
  • payuers
  • payyeurs
  • ppayeurs
  • pyaeurs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of payeurs - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

apyeurs2paeyurs2payerus2payeurrs1payeurss1payeusr2payuers2payyeurs1
Edit distance from "payeurs"

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 "payeurs"?
"payeurs" is spelled P-A-Y-E-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ.jœʁ\.
What does "payeurs" mean?
As a noun, "payeurs" means: Pluriel de payeur.
What words are commonly confused with "payeurs"?
"payeurs" is commonly confused with "peurs", "pleurs", "payer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "payeurs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "payeurs" is \pɛ.jœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "payeurs" come from?
"payeurs" 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 "payeurs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

parliez#33,817Peeters#33,822pactole#33,815Packard#33,814

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list