palustre
\pa.lystʁ\
The verdict
“palustre” 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 aux marais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-palustre · palustre · French
palustre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | palustre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pa.lystʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « palustre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
palustre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.lystʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for palustre in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is palustre, spelled P-A-L-U-S-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux marais.
- 2Qui croît ou qui vit dans ou sur les marais.
- 3Qui concerne les maladies liées aux marais, en particulier le paludisme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how palustre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À quelques centaines de kilomètres en direction du sud vers l’équateur, la savane cède la place à un espace humide et palustre, la forêt tropicale.
Plantes palustres.
This word in other languages
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.