pâlichon
\pɑ.li.ʃɔ̃\
The verdict
“pâlichon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Un peu pâle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-palichon · pâlichon · French
pâlichon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | pâlichon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɑ.li.ʃɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pâlichon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɑ.li.ʃɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un peu pâle.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pâlichon, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pâlichon, spelled P-Â-L-I-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Un peu pâle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pâlichon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tu as l’air pâlichon aujourd’hui. Ça ne va pas ?
J’aurais voulu donner à lire les multiples étés que Liane et Georges ont passés avec leurs enfants sur les plages du sud, en France, en Italie ou en Espagne, cette capacité que Georges avait de vivre au-dessus de ses moyens, de dénicher des endroits à sa démesure et au moindre coût, d’y entraîner sa tribu, sur laquelle se greffait toujours quelque cousin…
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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.