palefroi
\pal.fʁwa\
The verdict
“palefroi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cheval de marche et aussi de parade, opposé à destrier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-palefroi · palefroi · French
palefroi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | palefroi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pal.fʁwa\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
palefroi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pal.fʁwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for palefroi in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is palefroi, spelled P-A-L-E-F-R-O-I.
Definition
- 1Cheval de marche et aussi de parade, opposé à destrier.
- 2Cheval monté par les dames.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how palefroi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils plaignent le pèlerin attardé qui rencontre le roi Pialus et la reine Wilberta, car c’est l’heure où le roi mène boire son palefroi de vapeurs au Rhin.
La selle et la housse du superbe palefroi étaient abritées d’une longue couverture qui tombait presque jusqu’à terre.
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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.