pachyderme
\pa.ʃi.dɛʁm\
The verdict
“pachyderme” is uncommon French (frequency #93,060 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,060
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la peau épaisse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pachyderme · pachyderme · French
pachyderme · rank #93,060 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,060
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH overview
Nearest frequency peer: overview (-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 « pachyderme »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- oublieux
oublieux
6,944 corpus weight
- ouroboros
ouroboros
6,943 corpus weight
- overview
overview
6,942 corpus weight
- pachyderme
pachyderme
6,941 corpus weight
- pagano
pagano
6,940 corpus weight
- palanquée
palanquée
6,939 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pachyderme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pachyderme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pa.ʃi.dɛʁm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,060 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pachyderme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pachyderme is uncommon French at frequency #93,060 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.ʃi.dɛʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a la peau épaisse.".
No misspelling variants are generated for pachyderme in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 pachyderme, spelled P-A-C-H-Y-D-E-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a la peau épaisse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pachyderme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un quadrupède pachyderme.
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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