peignoir
\pɛ.ɲwaʁ\
The verdict
“peignoir” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,476. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,476
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de vêtement de dessus que l’on jette sur ses épaules, quand on fait sa toilette, quand on se peigne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peignoir · peignoir · French
peignoir · rank #29,476 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #29,476
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH païen
Nearest frequency peer: païen (-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 « peignoir »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- participero…
participeront
70,528 corpus weight
- païen
païen
70,526 corpus weight
- peignoir
peignoir
70,525 corpus weight
- planétaires
planétaires
70,523 corpus weight
- PN
PN
70,522 corpus weight
- pommade
pommade
70,521 corpus weight
What this shows « peignoir » 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 | peignoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛ.ɲwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,476 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « peignoir »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around peignoir (IPA \pɛ.ɲwaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,476 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for peignoir, with forms such as "epignoir", "peginoir", and "peiggnoir". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "peignait", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is peignoir, spelled P-E-I-G-N-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Sorte de vêtement de dessus que l’on jette sur ses épaules, quand on fait sa toilette, quand on se peigne.
- 2Vêtement à peu près semblable qu’on met en sortant du bain.
- 3Vêtement d’intérieur ; déshabillé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how peignoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Liane s’était contentée d’un simple peignoir de mérinos grisâtre avec devantiau (tablier) noir, fichu à grands ramages, et ce gracieux petit bonnet rond qui s’appelle une canipette.
Arlette a promis de décorer la table avec des fleurs. Aussi, le lendemain, dès l’aube, est-elle dans le jardin, en peignoir.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epignoir
- peginoir
- peiggnoir
- peignior
- peignnoir
- peignoirr
- peignori
- peigonir
- peingoir
- piegnoir
- ppeignoir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of peignoir - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "peignoir", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).