piment

\pi.mɑ̃\

/\pi.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“piment” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,998. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,998
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire utilisé pour nommer diverses plantes originaires d'Amérique du Sud du genre Capsicum(famille des Solanaceae ou Solanacées) qui sont cultivées pour leurs fruits.

Corpus desk

Index FR-piment · piment · French

piment · rank #14,998 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,998
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH piges

Nearest frequency peer: piges (-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 « piment »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « piment » 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).

piment vs puent
67% similar
piment vs posent
67% similar
piment vs purent
67% similar

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

Key facts for piment
PropertyValue
Headwordpiment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pi.mɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,998
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « piment »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pimentse 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 « piges » (#14,997), « placent » (#14,999), « phone » (#14,996). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « piment » est au #14,998. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around piment (IPA \pi.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,998 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for piment, with forms such as "ipment", "piemnt", and "pimennt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "puent", "posent", "purent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is piment, spelled P-I-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom vernaculaire utilisé pour nommer diverses plantes originaires d'Amérique du Sud du genre Capsicum(famille des Solanaceae ou Solanacées) qui sont cultivées pour leurs fruits.
  2. 2
    Fruit de cette plante de couleur verte, jaune ou rouge à maturité d’un goût piquant et relevé, et qui s’emploie comme condiment pour assaisonner les viandes ou comme légume.
  3. 3
    Ce qui relève, de ce qui donne du piquant.
  4. 4
    Prostitution.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aux Indes, comme en Chine, les Piments sont cultivés sur une grande étendue mais la production est, pour une part importante, consommée sur place.
  2. Les tordillas sont des galettes de mahys dont les Indiens font leur principale nourriture. Pour le chillé, c’est une sauce mexicaine composée de piments & de taumates, ou licopersicon, broyés ensemble avec du sel & de l’eau, c’est la sauce ordinaire pour le pain, la viande & le poisson, & le plus fin ragoût de ces bonnes gens : ceux qui sont aisés en ont…

This word in other languages

chili pepper(English)ají(Español)Chili(Deutsch)chile(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipment
  • piemnt
  • pimennt
  • pimentt
  • pimetn
  • pimment
  • pimnet
  • pmient
  • ppiment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ipment2piemnt2pimennt1pimentt1pimetn2pimment1pimnet2pmient2
Edit distance from "piment"

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 "piment"?
"piment" is spelled P-I-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.mɑ̃\.
What does "piment" mean?
As a noun, "piment" means: Nom vernaculaire utilisé pour nommer diverses plantes originaires d'Amérique du Sud du genre Capsicum(famille des Solanaceae ou Solanacées) qui sont cultivées pour leurs fruits.
What words are commonly confused with "piment"?
"piment" is commonly confused with "puent", "posent", "purent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "piment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piment" is \pi.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piment" come from?
"piment" 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 "piment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

perçus#14,995offrez#14,989market#14,977revois#15,024

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list