Paloise
\pa.lwaz\
The verdict
“Paloise” is uncommon French (frequency #91,008 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,008
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Habitante de Pau, commune française située dans le département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paloise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.lwaz\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Paloise” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Paloise is uncommon French at frequency #91,008 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.lwaz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Habitante de Pau, commune française située dans le département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Paloise in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Paloise, spelled P-A-L-O-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Habitante de Pau, commune française située dans le département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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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Using “Paloise”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-L-O-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pa.lwaz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.