pensées
\pɑ̃.se\
The verdict
“pensées” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,029. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,029
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de pensée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pensees · pensées · French
pensées · rank #3,029 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,029
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH paye
Nearest frequency peer: paye (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pensées”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- olympique
olympique
96,975 corpus weight
- patient
patient
96,974 corpus weight
- paye
paye
96,973 corpus weight
- pensées
pensées
96,972 corpus weight
- positions
positions
96,971 corpus weight
- prime
prime
96,970 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pensées” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | pensées |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɑ̃.se\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,029 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “pensées” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around pensées (IPA \pɑ̃.se\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,029 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pensées, with forms such as "epnsées", "pennsées", and "pensees". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pesée", "penser", "pensez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pensées, spelled P-E-N-S-É-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de pensée.
- 2Livre composé de réflexions qui ne sont pas liées les unes aux autres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pensées appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il borgnottait à l’intérieur de son crâne des pensées informes, fatigué à crever, quand ça l’avait mordu : « La Lola comment a-t-elle trouvé la villa sur la Marne ? »
Toute la littérature des "Maximes" et des "Pensées" est sortie du salon d'une femme aimable [Madeleine de Souvré, 1599-1678] retirée dans le coin d'un couvent, qui, n'ayant plus d'autre plaisir que celui de revenir sur elle-même, sur ce qu'elle avait vu et senti, sut donner ses goûts à sa société.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epnsées
- pennsées
- pensees
- penseés
- penssées
- penséess
- pensése
- penéses
- pesnées
- pnesées
- ppensées
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pensées - 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 "pensées", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "pensées". Here's where to go from here.
- "pensées" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "pesée". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,029 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.