Paganini
\pa.ga.ni.ni\
The verdict
“Paganini” is uncommon French (frequency #70,916 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,916
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille italien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paganini · Paganini · French
Paganini · rank #70,916 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,916
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pae
Nearest frequency peer: pae (-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 « Paganini »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- oïdium
oïdium
29,090 corpus weight
- pact
pact
29,087 corpus weight
- pae
pae
29,086 corpus weight
- Paganini
Paganini
29,085 corpus weight
- panaméen
panaméen
29,083 corpus weight
- pancréatique
pancréatique
29,082 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Paganini » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paganini |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pa.ga.ni.ni\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #70,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Paganini » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Paganini is uncommon French at frequency #70,916 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pa.ga.ni.ni\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille italien.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Paganini in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Paganini, spelled P-A-G-A-N-I-N-I.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille italien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Paganini appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), violoniste et compositeur italien.
Il Cannone (le canon), instrument favori du compositeur italien Niccolo Paganini a fait l’objet d’une analyse poussée aux rayons X.
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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