paléocène

\pa.le.ɔ.sɛn\

/\pa.le.ɔ.sɛn\/ adj

The verdict

“paléocène” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne le Paléocène.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paleocene · paléocène · French

paléocène · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for paléocène
PropertyValue
Headwordpaléocène
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pa.le.ɔ.sɛn\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « paléocène » en français

paléocènesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

paléocène is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.le.ɔ.sɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui concerne le Paléocène.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for paléocène, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is paléocène, spelled P-A-L-É-O-C-È-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui concerne le Paléocène.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paléocène"?
"paléocène" is spelled P-A-L-É-O-C-È-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.le.ɔ.sɛn\.
What does "paléocène" mean?
As an adjective, "paléocène" means: Qui concerne le Paléocène.
How do you pronounce "paléocène"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paléocène" is \pa.le.ɔ.sɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paléocène" come from?
"paléocène" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list