pivoter
\pi.vɔ.te\
The verdict
“pivoter” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,936. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,936
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tourner sur un pivot, ou comme sur un pivot.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pivoter · pivoter · French
pivoter · rank #39,936 · 10 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,936
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH petro
Nearest frequency peer: petro (-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 « pivoter »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- pedigree
pedigree
60,068 corpus weight
- petro
petro
60,066 corpus weight
- pivoter
pivoter
60,065 corpus weight
- platinum
platinum
60,064 corpus weight
- plénipotent…
plénipotentiaire
60,063 corpus weight
- PNB
PNB
60,062 corpus weight
What this shows « pivoter » 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 | pivoter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pi.vɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pivoter »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around pivoter (IPA \pi.vɔ.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,936 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pivoter, with forms such as "ipvoter", "piovter", and "pivoetr". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "pivots", "pivot", "Piotr", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pivoter, spelled P-I-V-O-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tourner sur un pivot, ou comme sur un pivot.
- 2Tourner sur soi-même, en parlant des humains.
- 3Exécuter une conversion.
- 4S’enfoncer verticalement en terre, en parlant de la racine principale des arbres, des plantes.
- 5Tourner sur soi-même, en parlant des animaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pivoter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il se servit une tasse de café, s’installa dans son fauteuil, le fit pivoter vers la fenêtre et consacra quelques instants à observer le fourmillement dense de la circulation.
Elle sursauta, voulut pivoter dans sa direction, et son coude heurta la fragile pyramide de gâteaux à la broche qui s’effondra dans un bruit sourd.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipvoter
- piovter
- pivoetr
- pivoterr
- pivotre
- pivotter
- pivtoer
- pivvoter
- ppivoter
- pvioter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pivoter - 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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pivoter", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).