P5

\pe.sɛ̃k\

/\pe.sɛ̃k\/ name

The verdict

“P5” is uncommon French (frequency #58,811 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,811
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies.

Corpus desk

Index FR-p5 · P5 · French

P5 · rank #58,811 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,811
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH outer

Nearest frequency peer: outer (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « P5 »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « P5 » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for P5
PropertyValue
HeadwordP5
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pe.sɛ̃k\
Letters2
Frequency rank#58,811
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « P5 » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).P5tombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « outer » (#58,810), « pagodes » (#58,812), « Othman » (#58,809). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « P5 » est au #58,811. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

P5 is uncommon French at frequency #58,811 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pe.sɛ̃k\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies.".

P5 has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is P5, spelled P-5.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how P5 appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. M. Poutine est surtout le premier chef d’Etat d’un pays membre du Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies, le « P5 », puissance nucléaire et supposé garant de la sécurité internationale, à être ainsi – même s’il est présumé innocent jusqu’à un procès et un verdict des juges – qualifié de criminel de guerre.

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 "P5"?
"P5" is spelled P-5. The IPA pronunciation is \pe.sɛ̃k\.
What does "P5" mean?
As a proper noun, "P5" means: Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies.
How do you pronounce "P5"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "P5" is \pe.sɛ̃k\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "P5" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list