Picasso

\pi.ka.so\

/\pi.ka.so\/ name

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The verdict

“Picasso” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,633. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,633
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-picasso · Picasso · French

Picasso · rank #11,633 · 8 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,633
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH permanents

Nearest frequency peer: permanents (-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 « Picasso »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Picasso » 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
Key facts for Picasso
PropertyValue
HeadwordPicasso
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pi.ka.so\
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,633
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Picasso »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Picassose 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 « permanents » (#11,632), « pigeon » (#11,634), « pelle » (#11,631). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Picasso » est au #11,633. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Picasso (IPA \pi.ka.so\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,633 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Picasso, with forms such as "ipcasso", "pciasso", and "piacsso". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Picasso, spelled P-I-C-A-S-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un grand gaillard roux, en bras de chemise, criait à tue-tête, un verre de vin à la main : « Des peigne-culs! Tous des peigne-culs! La peinture a commencé à partir de Picasso… Le progrès n'est plus dans la technique, mais dans la sensation.
  2. C’est ainsi que l’on désigne désormais le courant artistique du début du XXᵉ siècle, l’un des plus importants de l’art moderne, initié par deux hommes : Pablo Picasso et Georges Braque.

This word in other languages

Picasso(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipcasso
  • pciasso
  • piacsso
  • picaso
  • picasos
  • piccasso
  • picsaso
  • ppicasso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Picasso - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ipcasso2pciasso2piacsso2picaso1picasos2piccasso1picsaso2ppicasso1
Edit distance from "Picasso"

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 "Picasso"?
"Picasso" is spelled P-I-C-A-S-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.ka.so\.
What does "Picasso" mean?
As a proper noun, "Picasso" means: Nom de famille.
What are common misspellings of "Picasso"?
Common misspellings include "ipcasso", "pciasso", "piacsso", "picaso", "picasos". The correct spelling is "Picasso".
How do you pronounce "Picasso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Picasso" is \pi.ka.so\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Picasso" come from?
"Picasso" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

metteur#11,619rallier#11,650martyrs#11,615recteur#11,652

Similar misspelling depth

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

pigeon8 variantspanama8 variantspudeur8 variantsraisin8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list