pixels

/\pik.sɛl\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,021

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

pixels is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de pixel. Pronounced \pik.sɛl\. Often confused with pieds and pires.

Key facts for pixels
PropertyValue
Headwordpixels
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pik.sɛl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,021
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pixels in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pixels is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pik.sɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,021 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de pixel.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for pixels, with forms such as "ipxels", "piexls", and "pixells". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "pieds", "pires", "piles", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is pixels, spelled P-I-X-E-L-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de pixel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipxels,piexls,pixells,pixelss,pixesl,pixles,pixxels,ppixels,pxiels

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pixels

Misspelling Variants of "pixels"

ipxels6piexls6pixells7pixelss7pixesl6pixles6pixxels7ppixels7
Misspelling Variants of "pixels"

Frequency rank: #18,021 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pixels"?
"pixels" is spelled P-I-X-E-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pik.sɛl\.
What does "pixels" mean?
As a noun, "pixels" means: Pluriel de pixel.
What words are commonly confused with "pixels"?
"pixels" is commonly confused with "pieds", "pires", "piles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pixels"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pixels" is \pik.sɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pixels" come from?
"pixels" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.