piano

\pja.no\

/\pja.no\/ noun

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The verdict

“piano” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,175. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,175
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument de musique à clavier, à cordes frappées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-piano · piano · French

piano · rank #4,175 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,175
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH patience

Nearest frequency peer: patience (-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 « piano »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « piano » 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).

piano vs pin
60% similar
piano vs pio
60% similar
piano vs plan
60% similar

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

Key facts for piano
PropertyValue
Headwordpiano
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pja.no\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,175
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « piano »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pianose place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « patience » (#4,174), « possibilités » (#4,176), « park » (#4,173). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « piano » est au #4,175. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around piano (IPA \pja.no\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,175 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for piano, with forms such as "ipano", "paino", and "pianno". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pin", "pio", "plan", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is piano, spelled P-I-A-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrument de musique à clavier, à cordes frappées.
  2. 2
    Activité musicale qui utilise un piano.
  3. 3
    Partie d’un morceau de musique joué doucement.
  4. 4
    Grand fourneau situé dans la cuisine d’un restaurant ou d’une grande maison, généralement dans le milieu de la pièce.
  5. 5
    Ensemble des taquets coinceurs situé à l’avant du cockpit d’un voilier.
  6. 6
    Un des types d’obstacle figurant dans les courses de steeple-chase.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. …elle se mit à son piano, ce confident de tant de jeunes filles, qui lui disent leurs colères, leurs désirs, en les exprimant par les nuances de leur jeu.
  2. Oui, vous fixez ce sabot, ce misérable corbillard, cette bourrique de piano sur lequel je m’extermine les phalanges et le métacarpe depuis quarante ans.

This word in other languages

piano(English)piano(Español)Klavier(Deutsch)piano(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipano
  • paino
  • pianno
  • piaon
  • pinao
  • ppiano

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ipano2paino2pianno1piaon2pinao2ppiano1
Edit distance from "piano"

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 "piano"?
"piano" is spelled P-I-A-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is \pja.no\.
What does "piano" mean?
As a noun, "piano" means: Instrument de musique à clavier, à cordes frappées.
What words are commonly confused with "piano"?
"piano" is commonly confused with "pin", "pio", "plan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "piano"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piano" is \pja.no\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piano" come from?
"piano" 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 "piano", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

quête#4,179ondes#4,169tabac#4,191HTTPS#4,155

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

park6 variantsmené6 variantsking6 variantsfoutu6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list