pigment

\piɡ.mɑ̃\

/\piɡ.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“pigment” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,909. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,909
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance colorante généralement insoluble et se fixant à la surface du support sur lequel on l’applique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pigment · pigment · French

pigment · rank #27,909 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,909
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH picture

Nearest frequency peer: picture (-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 « pigment »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pigment » 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).

pigment vs piment
86% similar
pigment vs piquent
71% similar
pigment vs piments
71% similar

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

Key facts for pigment
PropertyValue
Headwordpigment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\piɡ.mɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#27,909
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pigment »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pigmentse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « picture » (#27,908), « pignons » (#27,910), « Philipp » (#27,907). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pigment » est au #27,909. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around pigment (IPA \piɡ.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,909 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pigment, with forms such as "ipgment", "pgiment", and "pigemnt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "piment", "piquent", "piments", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pigment, spelled P-I-G-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Substance colorante généralement insoluble et se fixant à la surface du support sur lequel on l’applique.
  2. 2
    Molécule responsable de la couleur des tissus et liquides biologiques (e.g. peau, sang, pétales, feuilles).
  3. 3
    Liqueur douce et riche composée de vin très épicé et adouci par le miel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'impossibilité de la diquaternisation du pigment à diméthyl-aniline dans le cas des colorants azoïques a été démontrée par A. I. Kiprianov.
  2. Les pigments sont des poudres, généralement broyées très finement avant d'être mises en suspension dans un liant (ou médium), liquide, plus ou moins fluide, ou visqueux, pour obtenir les peintures, les enduits, ou les encres.

This word in other languages

pigment(English)pigmento(Español)Pigment(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipgment
  • pgiment
  • pigemnt
  • piggment
  • pigmennt
  • pigmentt
  • pigmetn
  • pigmment
  • pigmnet
  • pimgent
  • ppigment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ipgment2pgiment2pigemnt2piggment1pigmennt1pigmentt1pigmetn2pigmment1
Edit distance from "pigment"

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 "pigment"?
"pigment" is spelled P-I-G-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \piɡ.mɑ̃\.
What does "pigment" mean?
As a noun, "pigment" means: Substance colorante généralement insoluble et se fixant à la surface du support sur lequel on l’applique.
What words are commonly confused with "pigment"?
"pigment" is commonly confused with "piment", "piquent", "piments". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pigment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pigment" is \piɡ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pigment" come from?
"pigment" 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 "pigment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

picture#27,908pignons#27,910Philipp#27,907Periode#27,906

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

percées11 variantsprivant11 variantspécheur11 variantsnantaise11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list