PlayStation

\plɛ(j).ste.ʃœn\

/\plɛ(j).ste.ʃœn\/ noun

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The verdict

“PlayStation” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,100. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,100
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Console de jeux vidéo de la société japonaise Sony.

Corpus desk

Index FR-playstation · PlayStation · French

PlayStation · rank #11,100 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #11,100
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH piétons

Nearest frequency peer: piétons (-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 « PlayStation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « PlayStation » 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).

PlayStation vs plantation
73% similar

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

Key facts for PlayStation
PropertyValue
HeadwordPlayStation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plɛ(j).ste.ʃœn\
Letters11
Frequency rank#11,100
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « PlayStation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).PlayStationse 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 « piétons » (#11,099), « plongé » (#11,101), « philosophes » (#11,098). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « PlayStation » est au #11,100. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around PlayStation (IPA \plɛ(j).ste.ʃœn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,100 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Console de jeux vidéo de la société japonaise Sony.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for PlayStation, with forms such as "lpaystation", "palystation", and "plasytation". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "plantation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is PlayStation, spelled P-L-A-Y-S-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Console de jeux vidéo de la société japonaise Sony.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. – M'as-tu déjà vu jouer au PlayStation? M'as-tu déjà entendu parler de PlayStation? Je joue jamais au PlayStation.
  2. Sony a annoncé mardi que la prochaine version de sa célèbre console de jeu PlayStation serait commercialisée à l’occasion des fêtes de fin d’année 2020.

This word in other languages

PlayStation(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lpaystation
  • palystation
  • plasytation
  • playsattion
  • playsstation
  • playstaiton
  • playstatino
  • playstationn
  • playstatoin
  • playstattion
  • playsttaion
  • playsttation
  • playtsation
  • playystation
  • pllaystation
  • plyastation
  • pplaystation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of PlayStation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

lpaystation2palystation2plasytation2playsattion2playsstation1playstaiton2playstatino2playstationn1
Edit distance from "PlayStation"

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 "PlayStation"?
"PlayStation" is spelled P-L-A-Y-S-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \plɛ(j).ste.ʃœn\.
What does "PlayStation" mean?
As a noun, "PlayStation" means: Console de jeux vidéo de la société japonaise Sony.
What words are commonly confused with "PlayStation"?
"PlayStation" is commonly confused with "plantation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "PlayStation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "PlayStation" is \plɛ(j).ste.ʃœn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "PlayStation" come from?
"PlayStation" 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 "PlayStation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

philosophes#11,098privilégiés#11,107quelquefois#11,113liquidation#11,082

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

vieillissement17 variantscorrespondre17 variantscontinuation17 variantscombustible17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list