Pessac

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The verdict

“Pessac” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,448. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,448
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Gironde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pessac · Pessac · French

Pessac · rank #41,448 · 7 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,448
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH perspicace

Nearest frequency peer: perspicace (-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 « Pessac »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Pessac » 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).

Pessac vs pensa
50% similar
Pessac vs persan
50% similar
Pessac vs pensai
50% similar

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

Key facts for Pessac
PropertyValue
HeadwordPessac
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,448
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Pessac »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Pessacse 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 « perspicace » (#41,447), « perceptibles » (#41,446), « peupliers » (#41,450). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Pessac » est au #41,448. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Pessac, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,448 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département de la Gironde.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pessac, with forms such as "epssac", "pesac", and "pesasc". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pensa", "persan", "pensai", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Pessac, spelled P-E-S-S-A-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Gironde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La plaine des sports du quartier Saige à Pessac (Gironde), dans la banlieue de Bordeaux, va résonner au son du rap vendredi et samedi.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epssac
  • pesac
  • pesasc
  • pessacc
  • pessca
  • ppessac
  • psesac

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

epssac2pesac1pesasc2pessacc1pessca2ppessac1psesac2
Edit distance from "Pessac"

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 "Pessac"?
"Pessac" is spelled P-E-S-S-A-C.
What does "Pessac" mean?
As a proper noun, "Pessac" means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Gironde.
What words are commonly confused with "Pessac"?
"Pessac" is commonly confused with "pensa", "persan", "pensai". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Pessac" come from?
"Pessac" 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?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pister#41,454pairie#41,440plient#41,456nocive#41,424

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

polir7 variantspommeau7 variantsmeans7 variantsMagda7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list