pâleur
\pa.lœʁ\
The verdict
“pâleur” is uncommon French (frequency #61,069 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,069
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui est pâle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paleur · pâleur · French
pâleur · rank #61,069 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,069
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH punitives
Nearest frequency peer: punitives (-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 « pâleur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pugilat
pugilat
38,935 corpus weight
- punisse
punisse
38,934 corpus weight
- punitives
punitives
38,933 corpus weight
- pâleur
pâleur
38,932 corpus weight
- pénitent
pénitent
38,931 corpus weight
- pérennisati…
pérennisation
38,930 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pâleur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pâleur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.lœʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,069 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pâleur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pâleur is uncommon French at frequency #61,069 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.lœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État de ce qui est pâle.".
pâleur has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pâleur, spelled P-Â-L-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1État de ce qui est pâle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pâleur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La pâleur du ciel.
Ma santé même s'est rétablie, et je n'ai gardé de cet événement que cette pâleur mortelle qui accompagne jusqu'au tombeau toute créature qui a subi le baiser d'un vampire.
Synonyms
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); 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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