pachydermes

\pa.ʃi.dɛʁm\

/\pa.ʃi.dɛʁm\/ noun

The verdict

“pachydermes” is uncommon French (frequency #85,095 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,095
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de pachyderme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pachydermes · pachydermes · French

pachydermes · rank #85,095 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,095
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pabst

Nearest frequency peer: Pabst (-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 « pachydermes »

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 « pachydermes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pachydermes
PropertyValue
Headwordpachydermes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʃi.dɛʁm\
Letters11
Frequency rank#85,095
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pachydermes » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Pabst » (#85,094), « pali » (#85,096), « ovalie » (#85,093). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pachydermes » est au #85,095. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pachydermes is uncommon French at frequency #85,095 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.ʃi.dɛʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de pachyderme.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pachydermes, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 pachydermes, spelled P-A-C-H-Y-D-E-R-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pachydermes"?
"pachydermes" is spelled P-A-C-H-Y-D-E-R-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʃi.dɛʁm\.
What does "pachydermes" mean?
As a noun, "pachydermes" means: Pluriel de pachyderme.
How do you pronounce "pachydermes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pachydermes" is \pa.ʃi.dɛʁm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pachydermes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list