pianos

\pja.no\

/\pja.no\/ noun

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The verdict

“pianos” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,648
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-pianos · pianos · French

pianos · rank #31,648 · 8 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,648
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH piger

Nearest frequency peer: piger (+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 « pianos »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pianos » 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).

pianos vs pins
67% similar
pianos vs pino
67% similar
pianos vs plans
67% similar

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

Key facts for pianos
PropertyValue
Headwordpianos
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pja.no\
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,648
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pianos »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pianosse 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 « piger » (#31,649), « pensa » (#31,646), « pincement » (#31,650). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pianos » est au #31,648. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around pianos (IPA \pja.no\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,648 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de piano.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pianos, with forms such as "ipanos", "painos", and "piannos". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "pins", "pino", "plans", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pianos, spelled P-I-A-N-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de piano.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On sait que la marquise de Montgeroult avait adopté les pianos de Sébastien Érard, et qu’elle entretenait des rapports privilégiés avec cette maison.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipanos
  • painos
  • piannos
  • pianoss
  • pianso
  • piaons
  • pinaos
  • ppianos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ipanos2painos2piannos1pianoss1pianso2piaons2pinaos2ppianos1
Edit distance from "pianos"

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list