Paddington
The verdict
“Paddington” is uncommon French (frequency #60,255 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,255
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quartier de Londres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paddington · Paddington · French
Paddington · rank #60,255 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,255
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH paierez
Nearest frequency peer: paierez (+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 « Paddington »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- output
output
39,750 corpus weight
- ouvrable
ouvrable
39,749 corpus weight
- ouvrais
ouvrais
39,748 corpus weight
- Paddington
Paddington
39,746 corpus weight
- paierez
paierez
39,745 corpus weight
- paniquez
paniquez
39,743 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Paddington » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paddington |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,255 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Paddington » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Paddington is uncommon French at frequency #60,255 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quartier de Londres.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Paddington, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Paddington, spelled P-A-D-D-I-N-G-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Quartier de Londres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Paddington appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La gare de Paddington.
This word in other languages
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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