paysan
\pɛ.i.zɑ̃\
The verdict
“paysan” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,373. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,373
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Villageois, relatif aux paysans.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paysan · paysan · French
paysan · rank #10,373 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,373
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pat
Nearest frequency peer: pat (-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 « paysan »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- partez
partez
89,631 corpus weight
- passerait
passerait
89,630 corpus weight
- pat
pat
89,629 corpus weight
- paysan
paysan
89,628 corpus weight
- peloton
peloton
89,627 corpus weight
- pencher
pencher
89,626 corpus weight
What this shows « paysan » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paysan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɛ.i.zɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,373 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paysan »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around paysan (IPA \pɛ.i.zɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,373 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for paysan, with forms such as "apysan", "pasyan", and "payasn". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "persan", "paysans", "paysanne", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is paysan, spelled P-A-Y-S-A-N.
Definition
- 1Villageois, relatif aux paysans.
- 2Qualifiait une soupe faite de légumes divers.
- 3Qui n'est pas de manières urbaines.
- 4Simple et sans apprêt, à la façon paysanne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paysan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mœurs paysannes.
La vie paysanne.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apysan
- pasyan
- payasn
- paysann
- paysna
- payssan
- payysan
- ppaysan
- pyasan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paysan - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).