paludéen

adj

The verdict

“paludéen” 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) - Relatif au paludisme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paludeen · paludéen · French

paludéen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for paludéen
PropertyValue
Headwordpaludéen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « paludéen » en français

paludéenreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

paludéen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for paludéen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is paludéen, spelled P-A-L-U-D-É-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au paludisme.
  2. 2
    Qui vit en milieu marécageux.
  3. 3
    Qui est marécageux.
  4. 4
    Relatif à Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud, commune française située dans le département des Deux-Sèvres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’heure du retour fut hâtée par la maladie d’Una, qui pensa mourir de la fièvre paludéenne.
  2. N’oublions pas que la politique, néfaste par ailleurs, du déboisement et du desséchement, a été due à la volonté de combattre les fièvres paludéennes, tierces ou quartes, dont la majeure partie de la campagne.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paludéen"?
"paludéen" is spelled P-A-L-U-D-É-E-N.
What does "paludéen" mean?
As an adjective, "paludéen" means: Relatif au paludisme.
What language does "paludéen" come from?
"paludéen" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list