pension

\pɑ̃.sjɔ̃\

/\pɑ̃.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“pension” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,165
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Somme d’argent que l’on donne pour être logé, nourri.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pension · pension · French

pension · rank #5,165 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,165
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH passez

Nearest frequency peer: passez (-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 « pension »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pension » 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).

pension vs Person
57% similar
pension vs pinson
71% similar
pension vs pensons
71% similar

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

Key facts for pension
PropertyValue
Headwordpension
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,165
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pension »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pensionse 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 « passez » (#5,164), « PIB » (#5,166), « partent » (#5,163). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pension » est au #5,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around pension (IPA \pɑ̃.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,165 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pension, with forms such as "epnsion", "penison", and "pennsion". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Person", "pinson", "pensons", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pension, spelled P-E-N-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Somme d’argent que l’on donne pour être logé, nourri.
  2. 2
    Lieu où l’on est nourri et logé pour un certain prix.
  3. 3
    Pensionnat.
  4. 4
    Réunion des enfants que renferme une pension.
  5. 5
    Rente qu’un souverain, un État, une institution, un particulier, etc., donne annuellement à quelqu’un, pour récompense de ses services, de ses travaux, ou par munificence, par libéralité.
  6. 6
    Gage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a payé les deux premiers trimestres de sa pension.
  2. « Au regard des inégalités salariales (en défaveur des femmes), si on défiscalise ces pensions pour les mères et que l’on fait payer des impôts aux personnes qui versent ces pensions, dans la majorité des cas le père, cela représenterait d’après nos calculs environ 450 millions en plus pour l’État », explique le député selon des propos rapportés par le qu…

This word in other languages

pension(English)pensión(Español)pensão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epnsion
  • penison
  • pennsion
  • pensino
  • pensionn
  • pensoin
  • penssion
  • pesnion
  • pnesion
  • ppension

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

epnsion2penison2pennsion1pensino2pensionn1pensoin2penssion1pesnion2
Edit distance from "pension"

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 "pension"?
"pension" is spelled P-E-N-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pɑ̃.sjɔ̃\.
What does "pension" mean?
As a noun, "pension" means: Somme d’argent que l’on donne pour être logé, nourri.
What words are commonly confused with "pension"?
"pension" is commonly confused with "Person", "pinson", "pensons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pension"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pension" is \pɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pension" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

partent#5,163panneau#5,161plaques#5,169organes#5,160

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

prévues10 variantsmodeste10 variantsRomains10 variantsrumeurs10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list