pédalier

Name: pédalier, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\pe.da.lje\

/\pe.da.lje\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“pédalier” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,383. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,383
frequency rank, French: 6,826
“P” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clavier de l’orgue que l’on fait mouvoir avec les pieds.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pedalier · pédalier · French

pédalier · rank #46,383 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

FREQ-MID #46,383
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,826
PHOTO-FINISH pâtissiers

Nearest frequency peer: pâtissiers (-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.

pyjamas

53,621
pylône

53,620
pâtissiers

53,619
pédalier

53,618
questionnent

53,616
quidditch

53,615

What this shows « pédalier » 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).

pédalier vs peuplier

63% similar

pédalier vs pénaliser

78% similar

pédalier vs palier

75% similar

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

Key facts for pédalier
Property	Value
Headword	pédalier
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\pe.da.lje\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#46,383
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	6
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pédalier »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pédalierse place ici:

#46,383

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pâtissiers » (#46,382), « pylône » (#46,381), « questionnent » (#46,385). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pédalier » est au #46,383. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around pédalier (IPA \pe.da.lje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,383 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for pédalier, with forms such as "pdéalier", "pedalier", and "ppédalier". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "peuplier", "pénaliser", "palier", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pédalier, spelled P-É-D-A-L-I-E-R.

Definition

1
Clavier de l’orgue que l’on fait mouvoir avec les pieds.
2
Dispositif d’entraînement mu par les pieds de l’utilisateur, grâce à une ou des pédales.
3
Dispositif d’entraînement mu par les pieds de l’utilisateur, grâce à une ou des pédales.
4
Ensemble des pédales actionnées par le conducteur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Ce sont au total 142 notes qui vont être inspectées durant un mois : 56 notes pour chacun des deux claviers et 30 pour le pédalier.
Et tous les couturiers travaillent sur ces machines à coudre qui semblent dater d’un siècle, mais n’en ont qu'un demi, bien frappé : de superbes machines Singer, à pédalier mécanique et motifs chromés.

This word in other languages

crankset(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

pdéalier
pedalier
ppédalier
péadlier
pédailer
pédaleir
pédalierr
pédalire
pédallier
péddalier
pédlaier
épdalier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "pédalier"

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 "pédalier"?

"pédalier" is spelled P-É-D-A-L-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.da.lje\.

What does "pédalier" mean?

As a noun, "pédalier" means: Clavier de l’orgue que l’on fait mouvoir avec les pieds.

What words are commonly confused with "pédalier"?

"pédalier" is commonly confused with "peuplier", "pénaliser", "palier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "pédalier"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pédalier" is \pe.da.lje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "pédalier" come from?

"pédalier" 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 "pédalier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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