palatal
\pa.la.tal\
The verdict
“palatal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui tient au palais, à la partie supérieure du dedans de la bouche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-palatal · palatal · French
palatal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | palatal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pa.la.tal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « palatal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
palatal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.la.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for palatal in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is palatal, spelled P-A-L-A-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui tient au palais, à la partie supérieure du dedans de la bouche.
- 2Se dit des voyelles ou des consonnes dont le point d’articulation se situe au niveau du palais dur, à l’avant de la cavité buccale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how palatal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Voûte palatale.
Artère palatale.
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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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.