pelouse

\pə.luz\

/\pə.luz\/ noun

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The verdict

“pelouse” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,878. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,878
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Végétation de très faible hauteur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pelouse · pelouse · French

pelouse · rank #7,878 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,878
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH placard

Nearest frequency peer: placard (+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 « pelouse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pelouse » 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).

pelouse vs Pérouse
57% similar
pelouse vs pelouses
88% similar
pelouse vs pelote
71% similar

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

Key facts for pelouse
PropertyValue
Headwordpelouse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pə.luz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,878
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pelouse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pelousese 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 « placard » (#7,879), « parcourir » (#7,876), « planètes » (#7,880). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pelouse » est au #7,878. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pelouse (IPA \pə.luz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,878 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pelouse, with forms such as "eplouse", "pellouse", and "pelosue". 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, "Pérouse", "pelouses", "pelote", 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pelouse, spelled P-E-L-O-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Végétation de très faible hauteur.
  2. 2
    Terrain couvert de gazon.
  3. 3
    Terrain de sport couvert de gazon.
  4. 4
    Partie de l’hippodrome, généralement gazonnée, sur laquelle le public est admis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le pourcentage relativement élevé des Chaméphytes suffirait à lui seul à caractériser la végétation de ces pelouses xérothermiques constituées essentiellement par des espèces subligneuses (Teucrium Chamaedrys, Helianthemum, Thymus Serpyllum) dont l’assimilation est continue.
  2. Citons par exemple la pelouse à Cynosurus, qui peut être envahie par la lande à Genêts et donner ensuite le bois de Chêne sessile.

This word in other languages

grass(English)césped(Español)Gras(Deutsch)grama(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eplouse
  • pellouse
  • pelosue
  • peloues
  • pelousse
  • peluose
  • peoluse
  • pleouse
  • ppelouse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eplouse2pellouse1pelosue2peloues2pelousse1peluose2peoluse2pleouse2
Edit distance from "pelouse"

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 "pelouse"?
"pelouse" is spelled P-E-L-O-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pə.luz\.
What does "pelouse" mean?
As a noun, "pelouse" means: Végétation de très faible hauteur.
What words are commonly confused with "pelouse"?
"pelouse" is commonly confused with "Pérouse", "pelouses", "pelote". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pelouse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pelouse" is \pə.luz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pelouse" come from?
"pelouse" 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 "pelouse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

placard#7,879portées#7,881notaire#7,872rejoins#7,890

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

lisant9 variantsslogan9 variantssortez9 variantstalons9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list