pyjama
\pi.ʒa.ma\
The verdict
“pyjama” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,882
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Costume d’intérieur fait le plus souvent d’une étoffe légère, qui se compose d’une veste non ajustée et d’un pantalon très ample, et qui se porte aussi comme vêtement de nuit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pyjama · pyjama · French
pyjama · rank #13,882 · 9 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,882
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pus
Nearest frequency peer: pus (-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 « pyjama »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- prévoyait
prévoyait
86,122 corpus weight
- psychique
psychique
86,121 corpus weight
- pus
pus
86,120 corpus weight
- pyjama
pyjama
86,119 corpus weight
- périphériqu…
périphériques
86,118 corpus weight
- pétrolière
pétrolière
86,117 corpus weight
What this shows « pyjama » 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 | pyjama |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.ʒa.ma\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pyjama »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around pyjama (IPA \pi.ʒa.ma\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,882 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pyjama, with forms such as "pjyama", "ppyjama", and "pyajma". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "pyjamas", "panama", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pyjama, spelled P-Y-J-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1Costume d’intérieur fait le plus souvent d’une étoffe légère, qui se compose d’une veste non ajustée et d’un pantalon très ample, et qui se porte aussi comme vêtement de nuit.
- 2Costume porté dans les années 1930 par certaines femmes dans les stations balnéaires.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pyjama appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il agit donc sur la tirette, le rideau se releva brusquement, et alors, à la stupéfaction générale, on vit saint Jean-Baptiste, en pyjama bleu de ciel, […]
Elle rangeait sa chambre tous les matins, et elle éprouvait un ravissement inconnu à caresser la soie de son pyjama.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pjyama
- ppyjama
- pyajma
- pyjaam
- pyjamma
- pyjjama
- pyjmaa
- pyyjama
- ypjama
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pyjama - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "pyjama", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).