Painlevé

name

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The verdict

“Painlevé” is uncommon French (frequency #80,480 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,480
frequency rank, French
248,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Key facts for Painlevé
PropertyValue
HeadwordPainlevé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,480
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Painlevé” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Painlevé lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Painlevé is uncommon French at frequency #80,480 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Painlevé in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Painlevé, spelled P-A-I-N-L-E-V-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

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 "Painlevé"?
"Painlevé" is spelled P-A-I-N-L-E-V-É.
What does "Painlevé" mean?
As a proper noun, "Painlevé" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Painlevé" come from?
"Painlevé" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Painlevé”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-A-I-N-L-E-V-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list