pâlit

\pa.li\

/\pa.li\/ verb

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The verdict

“pâlit” is uncommon French (frequency #89,035 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,035
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de pâlir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-palit · pâlit · French

pâlit · rank #89,035 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,035
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH putaing

Nearest frequency peer: putaing (-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 « pâlit »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pâlit » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pâlit
PropertyValue
Headwordpâlit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pa.li\
Letters5
Frequency rank#89,035
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pâlit » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pâlittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « putaing » (#89,034), « pédalant » (#89,036), « pulvérisant » (#89,033). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pâlit » est au #89,035. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pâlit is uncommon French at frequency #89,035 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pa.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for pâlit in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pâlit, spelled P-Â-L-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de pâlir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de pâlir.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pâlit"?
"pâlit" is spelled P-Â-L-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.li\.
What does "pâlit" mean?
As a verb, "pâlit" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de pâlir.
How do you pronounce "pâlit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pâlit" is \pa.li\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pâlit" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pâlit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

propo#89,025regni#89,066pison#88,997pisco#88,996

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list