paysans

\pe.i.zɑ̃\

/\pe.i.zɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“paysans” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,122. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,122
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-paysans · paysans · French

paysans · rank #6,122 · 11 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,122
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH partagent

Nearest frequency peer: partagent (-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 « paysans »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « paysans » 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).

paysans vs persans
71% similar
paysans vs payant
71% similar
paysans vs paysan
86% similar

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

Key facts for paysans
PropertyValue
Headwordpaysans
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pe.i.zɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,122
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paysans »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).paysansse 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 « partagent » (#6,121), « people » (#6,123), « panier » (#6,120). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paysans » est au #6,122. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around paysans (IPA \pe.i.zɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,122 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de paysan.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for paysans, with forms such as "apysans", "pasyans", and "payasns". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "persans", "payant", "paysan", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 paysans, spelled P-A-Y-S-A-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de paysan.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apysans
  • pasyans
  • payasns
  • paysanns
  • paysanss
  • paysasn
  • paysnas
  • payssans
  • payysans
  • ppaysans
  • pyasans

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apysans2pasyans2payasns2paysanns1paysanss1paysasn2paysnas2payssans1
Edit distance from "paysans"

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 "paysans"?
"paysans" is spelled P-A-Y-S-A-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.i.zɑ̃\.
What does "paysans" mean?
As an adjective, "paysans" means: Masculin pluriel de paysan.
What words are commonly confused with "paysans"?
"paysans" is commonly confused with "persans", "payant", "paysan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paysans"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paysans" is \pe.i.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paysans" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Norvège#6,117métrage#6,115saurait#6,136servant#6,137

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

justifie11 variantssuccesseur11 variantshésitez11 variantscalculs11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list