pigeons
\pi.ʒɔ̃\
The verdict
“pigeons” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,442. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,442
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de pigeon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pigeons · pigeons · French
pigeons · rank #12,442 · 10 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,442
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pics
Nearest frequency peer: pics (-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 « pigeons »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- perçoit
perçoit
87,562 corpus weight
- pics
pics
87,560 corpus weight
- pigeons
pigeons
87,559 corpus weight
- placements
placements
87,558 corpus weight
- plaira
plaira
87,557 corpus weight
- plâtre
plâtre
87,556 corpus weight
What this shows « pigeons » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | pigeons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.ʒɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pigeons »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around pigeons (IPA \pi.ʒɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,442 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de pigeon.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pigeons, with forms such as "ipgeons", "pgieons", and "piegons". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "piges", "pions", "pignon", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pigeons, spelled P-I-G-E-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de pigeon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pigeons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y eut une brève coupure dans le vacarme, un instant de silence inattendu : un vol de pigeons passa en froufroutant au ras de la barricade et une rafale de vent s’engouffra dans la ruelle.
Voici des ailes qui battent, des milliers d'ailes, dans un grand froissement. Les pigeons! « C'est nous qui sommes gris, gris, gris, c'est nous les princes de Paris! »
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipgeons
- pgieons
- piegons
- pigenos
- pigeonns
- pigeonss
- pigeosn
- piggeons
- pigoens
- ppigeons
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pigeons - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).