pénalisés

\pe.na.li.ze\

/\pe.na.li.ze\/ verb

The verdict

“pénalisés” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,819. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,819
frequency rank, French
248,534
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participe passé masculin pluriel de pénaliser.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pénalisés vs pénalité
78% similar
pénalisés vs pénalités
89% similar
pénalisés vs pénales
67% similar

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

Key facts for pénalisés
PropertyValue
Headwordpénalisés
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pe.na.li.ze\
Letters9
Frequency rank#45,819
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pénalisés” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). pénalisés lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around pénalisés (IPA \pe.na.li.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,819 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin pluriel de pénaliser.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for pénalisés, with forms such as "penalises", "pnéalisés", and "ppénalisés". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "pénalité", "pénalités", "pénales", and more, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pénalisés, spelled P-É-N-A-L-I-S-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin pluriel de pénaliser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • penalises
  • pnéalisés
  • ppénalisés
  • péanlisés
  • pénailsés
  • pénalissé
  • pénalissés
  • pénaliséss
  • pénaliéss
  • pénallisés
  • pénalsiés
  • pénlaisés
  • pénnalisés
  • épnalisés

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

penalises2pnéalisés2ppénalisés1péanlisés2pénailsés2pénalissé2pénalissés1pénaliséss1
Edit distance from "pénalisés"

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 "pénalisés"?
"pénalisés" is spelled P-É-N-A-L-I-S-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.na.li.ze\.
What does "pénalisés" mean?
As a verb, "pénalisés" means: Participe passé masculin pluriel de pénaliser.
What words are commonly confused with "pénalisés"?
"pénalisés" is commonly confused with "pénalité", "pénalités", "pénales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pénalisés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pénalisés" is \pe.na.li.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pénalisés" come from?
"pénalisés" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “pénalisés”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-É-N-A-L-I-S-É-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pe.na.li.ze\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “pénalité” - see the side-by-side comparison. pénalisés vs pénalité
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list