pénuries

\pe.ny.ʁi\

/\pe.ny.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“pénuries” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,970. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,970
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-penuries · pénuries · French

pénuries · rank #32,970 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #32,970
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pythagore

Nearest frequency peer: Pythagore (-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 « pénuries »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pénuries » 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).

pénuries vs pénurie
88% similar

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

Key facts for pénuries
PropertyValue
Headwordpénuries
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pe.ny.ʁi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#32,970
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pénuries »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pénuriesse 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 « Pythagore » (#32,969), « quality » (#32,971), « pujadas » (#32,968). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pénuries » est au #32,970. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around pénuries (IPA \pe.ny.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,970 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de pénurie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for pénuries, with forms such as "penuries", "pnéuries", and "ppénuries". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pénurie", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 pénuries, spelled P-É-N-U-R-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de pénurie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les grèves de Petrograd, nées des pénuries, débouchèrent sur la révolution et bientôt le retrait de la guerre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • penuries
  • pnéuries
  • ppénuries
  • pénnuries
  • pénruies
  • pénuires
  • pénureis
  • pénuriess
  • pénurise
  • pénurries
  • péunries
  • épnuries

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

penuries1pnéuries2ppénuries1pénnuries1pénruies2pénuires2pénureis2pénuriess1
Edit distance from "pénuries"

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 "pénuries"?
"pénuries" is spelled P-É-N-U-R-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.ny.ʁi\.
What does "pénuries" mean?
As a noun, "pénuries" means: Pluriel de pénurie.
What words are commonly confused with "pénuries"?
"pénuries" is commonly confused with "pénurie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pénuries"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pénuries" is \pe.ny.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pénuries" come from?
"pénuries" 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 "pénuries", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rallumer#32,975poulette#32,960pleurais#32,959persique#32,954

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

ravissant12 variantsPriscilla12 variantsparfumée12 variantssaharienne12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list