pékin

\pe.kɛ̃\

/\pe.kɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“pékin” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,878. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,878
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étoffe de soie rayée où des bandes brillantes alternent avec des bandes mates.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pekin · pékin · French

pékin · rank #6,878 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,878
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH recherché

Nearest frequency peer: recherché (+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 « pékin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pékin » 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).

pékin vs pen
40% similar
pékin vs pin
60% similar
pékin vs péri
60% similar

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

Key facts for pékin
PropertyValue
Headwordpékin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pe.kɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,878
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pékin »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pékinse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « recherché » (#6,879), « présentées » (#6,876), « refait » (#6,880). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pékin » est au #6,878. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around pékin (IPA \pe.kɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,878 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Étoffe de soie rayée où des bandes brillantes alternent avec des bandes mates.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pékin, with forms such as "pekin", "pkéin", and "ppékin". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pen", "pin", "péri", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pékin, spelled P-É-K-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étoffe de soie rayée où des bandes brillantes alternent avec des bandes mates.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Laisse-moi contempler ces étoffes nouvelles : Quelle variété ! que les couleurs font belles! […] Ce Pékin-là doit être admirable aux lumières.
  2. Le jour où j’arrivai était un dimanche, et je vis déployées de toutes parts les jupes de vieux damas et de pékin broché, dont une petite-maîtresse parisienne se fût fort bien accommodée pour couvrir les fauteuils de son boudoir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pekin
  • pkéin
  • ppékin
  • péikn
  • pékinn
  • pékkin
  • pékni
  • épkin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pékin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

pekin1pkéin2ppékin1péikn2pékinn1pékkin1pékni2épkin2
Edit distance from "pékin"

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 "pékin"?
"pékin" is spelled P-É-K-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.kɛ̃\.
What does "pékin" mean?
As a noun, "pékin" means: Étoffe de soie rayée où des bandes brillantes alternent avec des bandes mates.
What words are commonly confused with "pékin"?
"pékin" is commonly confused with "pen", "pin", "péri". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pékin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pékin" is \pe.kɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pékin" come from?
"pékin" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

proie#6,874party#6,867otage#6,863turcs#6,905

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

refait8 variantssoeurs8 variantssonore8 variantsvalise8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list