Palois

\pa.lwa\

/\pa.lwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“Palois” is uncommon French (frequency #61,762 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,762
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Habitant ou natif de la commune de Pau dans la région d’Aquitaine, en France.

Corpus desk

Index FR-palois · Palois · French

Palois · rank #61,762 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,762
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH paléontologues

Nearest frequency peer: paléontologues (+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 « Palois »

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 « Palois » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Palois
PropertyValue
HeadwordPalois
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.lwa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,762
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Palois » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Paloistombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « paléontologues » (#61,763), « outrecuidance » (#61,758), « pardons » (#61,766). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Palois » est au #61,762. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Palois is uncommon French at frequency #61,762 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.lwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Habitant ou natif de la commune de Pau dans la région d’Aquitaine, en France.".

Palois has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Palois, spelled P-A-L-O-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Habitant ou natif de la commune de Pau dans la région d’Aquitaine, en France.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Palois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Côté Palois, seul Jovan Nisic (réathlétisation) ne peut postuler dans le groupe de l’entraîneur Didier Tholot.

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 "Palois"?
"Palois" is spelled P-A-L-O-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.lwa\.
What does "Palois" mean?
As a noun, "Palois" means: Habitant ou natif de la commune de Pau dans la région d’Aquitaine, en France.
How do you pronounce "Palois"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Palois" is \pa.lwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Palois" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ollier#61,750Ogooué#61,746mycose#61,720meteor#61,697

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list