pyjama party
\pi.ʒa.ma paʁ.te\
The verdict
“pyjama party” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Soirée pyjama.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pyjama party |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.ʒa.ma paʁ.te\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pyjama party” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pyjama party is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pi.ʒa.ma paʁ.te\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Soirée pyjama.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pyjama party in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pyjama party, spelled P-Y-J-A-M-A- -P-A-R-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Soirée pyjama.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pyjama party”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-Y-J-A-M-A- -P-A-R-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pi.ʒa.ma paʁ.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.