Palaos
\pa.la.os\
The verdict
“Palaos” is uncommon French (frequency #92,016 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,016
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Archipel, extrémité occidentale des îles Carolines, dans le Pacifique occidental, au large de l’Indonésie, des Philippines et de la Nouvelle-Guinée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-palaos · Palaos · French
Palaos · rank #92,016 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,016
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH paillage
Nearest frequency peer: paillage (-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 « Palaos »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pagayer
pagayer
7,987 corpus weight
- paillage
paillage
7,986 corpus weight
- Palaos
Palaos
7,985 corpus weight
- palestre
palestre
7,984 corpus weight
- paneuropéen
paneuropéen
7,983 corpus weight
- paramétriqu…
paramétriques
7,981 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Palaos » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Palaos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pa.la.os\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #92,016 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Palaos » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Palaos is uncommon French at frequency #92,016 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pa.la.os\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Palaos in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Palaos, spelled P-A-L-A-O-S.
Definition
- 1Archipel, extrémité occidentale des îles Carolines, dans le Pacifique occidental, au large de l’Indonésie, des Philippines et de la Nouvelle-Guinée.
- 2État d’Océanie, constitué de cet archipel. Sa capitale est Melekeok.
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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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