piscine

\pi.sin\

/\pi.sin\/ noun

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The verdict

“piscine” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,095. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,095
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bassin de natation et ensemble des installations qui l’entourent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-piscine · piscine · French

piscine · rank #3,095 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,095
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH perspective

Nearest frequency peer: perspective (-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 « piscine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « piscine » 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).

piscine vs porcine
71% similar
piscine vs piscines
88% similar
piscine vs piétiné
57% similar

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

Key facts for piscine
PropertyValue
Headwordpiscine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pi.sin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,095
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « piscine »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).piscinese 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 « perspective » (#3,094), « poursuit » (#3,096), « pouvaient » (#3,097). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « piscine » est au #3,095. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around piscine (IPA \pi.sin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,095 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for piscine, with forms such as "ipscine", "picsine", and "pisccine". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "porcine", "piscines", "piétiné", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 piscine, spelled P-I-S-C-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bassin de natation et ensemble des installations qui l’entourent.
  2. 2
    Bassin destiné à l'élevage de poissons.
  3. 3
    Bassin où l’on fait éclore des œufs de poissons.
  4. 4
    Bassin pour des rites purificatoires. Bassin où se plongent les fidèles pour se purifier dans certaines religions.
  5. 5
    Petite cuve destinée à recevoir l’eau des ablutions, les cendres des objets bénits…
  6. 6
    Bassin en forme de large rigole où l’on fait passer les chevaux pour leur nettoyer les pieds, dans une écurie.
  7. 7
    Bassin contenant de l’eau ou de l’eau lourde et destiné à immerger la matière fissile et servant de modérateur d'irradiation, de réfrigérant et de protection.
  8. 8
    Surnom donné à la DGSE, dont le siège est situé en face de la piscine des Tourelles, à Paris.
  9. 9
    Période de formation intensive reposant sur des projets devant être réalisés par les élèves.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cabines, plongeoirs d’une piscine.
  2. Piscine en plein air.

This word in other languages

swimming pool(English)piscina(Español)Schwimmbecken(Deutsch)piscina(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipscine
  • picsine
  • pisccine
  • piscien
  • piscinne
  • piscnie
  • pisicne
  • pisscine
  • ppiscine
  • psicine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ipscine2picsine2pisccine1piscien2piscinne1piscnie2pisicne2pisscine1
Edit distance from "piscine"

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 "piscine"?
"piscine" is spelled P-I-S-C-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.sin\.
What does "piscine" mean?
As a noun, "piscine" means: Bassin de natation et ensemble des installations qui l’entourent.
What words are commonly confused with "piscine"?
"piscine" is commonly confused with "porcine", "piscines", "piétiné". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "piscine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piscine" is \pi.sin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piscine" come from?
"piscine" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

morceau#3,090restera#3,101reviens#3,102Montage#3,087

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

rapporte10 variantssaisons10 variantstension10 variantstrouvez10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list