paludéen
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paludéen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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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
- 1Relatif au paludisme.
- 2Qui vit en milieu marécageux.
- 3Qui est marécageux.
- 4Relatif à Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud, commune française située dans le département des Deux-Sèvres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paludéen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’heure du retour fut hâtée par la maladie d’Una, qui pensa mourir de la fièvre paludéenne.
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.