Pellerin

\pɛl.ʁɛ̃\

/\pɛl.ʁɛ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Pellerin” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,125. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,125
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pellerin · Pellerin · French

Pellerin · rank #26,125 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,125
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH passionnément

Nearest frequency peer: passionnément (-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 « Pellerin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Pellerin » 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).

Pellerin vs pèlerin
63% similar
Pellerin vs pèlerins
50% similar
Pellerin vs pellegrini
70% similar

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

Key facts for Pellerin
PropertyValue
HeadwordPellerin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pɛl.ʁɛ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,125
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Pellerin »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « passionnément » (#26,124), « penchée » (#26,126), « partais » (#26,123). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Pellerin » est au #26,125. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Pellerin (IPA \pɛl.ʁɛ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,125 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pellerin, with forms such as "epllerin", "pelelrin", and "pelleirn". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pèlerin", "pèlerins", "pellegrini", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 Pellerin, spelled P-E-L-L-E-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Fleur Pellerin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epllerin
  • pelelrin
  • pelleirn
  • pellerinn
  • pellerni
  • pellerrin
  • pellrein
  • plelerin
  • ppellerin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

epllerin2pelelrin2pelleirn2pellerinn1pellerni2pellerrin1pellrein2plelerin2
Edit distance from "Pellerin"

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 "Pellerin"?
"Pellerin" is spelled P-E-L-L-E-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛl.ʁɛ̃\.
What does "Pellerin" mean?
As a proper noun, "Pellerin" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Pellerin"?
"Pellerin" is commonly confused with "pèlerin", "pèlerins", "pellegrini". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Pellerin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pellerin" is \pɛl.ʁɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pellerin" come from?
"Pellerin" 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 "Pellerin", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list