paysage

\pe.i.zaʒ\

/\pe.i.zaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“paysage” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,484. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,484
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étendue de territoire couverte par le regard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paysage · paysage · French

paysage · rank #3,484 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,484
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pertes

Nearest frequency peer: pertes (+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 « paysage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « paysage » 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).

paysage vs paysan
71% similar
paysage vs paysans
71% similar
paysage vs présage
71% similar

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

Key facts for paysage
PropertyValue
Headwordpaysage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pe.i.zaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,484
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paysage »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).paysagese 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 « pertes » (#3,485), « paquet » (#3,482), « origines » (#3,481). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paysage » est au #3,484. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around paysage (IPA \pe.i.zaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,484 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for paysage, with forms such as "apysage", "pasyage", and "payasge". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "paysan", "paysans", "présage", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is paysage, spelled P-A-Y-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étendue de territoire couverte par le regard.
  2. 2
    Situation, domaine ; ensemble d’éléments ayant une cohérence entre eux.
  3. 3
    Figuration peinte ou dessinée où le sujet porte sur la nature (forêts, montagnes, champs, cascades, rivières…) et où les figures (humains, non-humains) et les constructions sont accessoires.
  4. 4
    Format normalisé de châssis et de toiles, en principe destiné à la peinture des paysages, et dont la largeur est intermédiaire entre celles des formats figure et de marine.
  5. 5
    Description d’un aspect de nature.
  6. 6
    Métaphore faisant allusion aux sentiments, au caractère d’une personne.
  7. 7
    Image horizontale, dont la largeur est supérieure à la hauteur. (comme opposée à portrait).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il n’y a pas jusqu’à ces pâles oliviers dont l’aspect n’ajoute à l’austérité du paysage.
  2. L’unité physionomique d’un paysage provient de ce que certaines plantes se répétant très fréquemment lui impriment une allure particulière.

Synonyms

sitepanoramatableauvuetableausituationpaysagismevue

This word in other languages

landscape(English)paisaje(Español)Landschaft(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apysage
  • pasyage
  • payasge
  • paysaeg
  • paysagge
  • paysgae
  • payssage
  • payysage
  • ppaysage
  • pyasage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apysage2pasyage2payasge2paysaeg2paysagge1paysgae2payssage1payysage1
Edit distance from "paysage"

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 "paysage"?
"paysage" is spelled P-A-Y-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.i.zaʒ\.
What does "paysage" mean?
As a noun, "paysage" means: Étendue de territoire couverte par le regard.
What words are commonly confused with "paysage"?
"paysage" is commonly confused with "paysan", "paysans", "présage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paysage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paysage" is \pe.i.zaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paysage" come from?
"paysage" 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 "paysage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

pleurer#3,487méchant#3,476mystère#3,475recette#3,496

Similar misspelling depth

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

remonte10 variantslimiter10 variantsretrait10 variantsitalienne10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list