peux
\pø\
The verdict
“peux” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #203. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #203
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de pouvoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peux · peux · French
peux · rank #203 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #203
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH cours
Nearest frequency peer: cours (-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 “peux”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- état
état
99,801 corpus weight
- aller
aller
99,800 corpus weight
- cours
cours
99,799 corpus weight
- peux
peux
99,798 corpus weight
- politique
politique
99,797 corpus weight
- reste
reste
99,796 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “peux” 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 | peux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pø\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #203 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “peux” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around peux (IPA \pø\), averb. Corpus frequency is #203 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for peux, with forms such as "epux", "peuxx", and "pexu". 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, "pu", "px", "pub", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 peux, spelled P-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de pouvoir.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de pouvoir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how peux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 68, nous expérimentâmes la marche sudique entre le Congo et le Jean-Bart, utilisant de mini-échasses comme telles, ou comme des bâtons de skis de randonnée, pour rapidifier notre rythme : nous essuyâmes au passage gros rires et quolibets… et croisant aujourd’hui au Parc bordelais ces flopées de gens respectables pratiquant dévotement leur sacro-sainte…
Cette fois, tu peux y aller, le principe de la correspondance est suffisamment "désacquis" pour que vous ayez des choses à vous dire !
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epux
- peuxx
- pexu
- ppeux
- puex
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of peux - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "peux", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "peux". Here's where to go from here.
- "peux" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "pu". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #203 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.