pamplemousse

/\pɑ̃.plə.mus\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,296

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

pamplemousse is aFrenchnoun. It means: : Fruit du pamplemoussier (Citrus maxima, Citrus grandis, ou Citrus decumana), de couleur jaune, rosé ou verdâtre, peu juteux et au goût parfois amer, piriforme, sphérique ou aplati, appartenant à ... Pronounced \pɑ̃.plə.mus\.

Key facts for pamplemousse
PropertyValue
Headwordpamplemousse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɑ̃.plə.mus\
Letters12
Frequency rank#30,296
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pamplemousse in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pamplemousse is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɑ̃.plə.mus\. Corpus data places it at rank #30,296 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for pamplemousse, with forms such as "apmplemousse", "pamlpemousse", and "pammplemousse". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is pamplemousse, spelled P-A-M-P-L-E-M-O-U-S-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    : Fruit du pamplemoussier (Citrus maxima, Citrus grandis, ou Citrus decumana), de couleur jaune, rosé ou verdâtre, peu juteux et au goût parfois amer, piriforme, sphérique ou aplati, appartenant à la famille des agrumes (Citrus) dont il est le plus gros des fruits.
  2. 2
    Agrume plus ou moins sphérique, à peau fine et contenant peu de pépins, de nom scientifique Citrus paradisi (ou Citrus x paradisi), également connu sous le nom de pomelo ou de l’anglicisme grapefruit.
  3. 3
    Arbre fruitier de l’île Maurice et de l’île de la Réunion.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apmplemousse,pamlpemousse,pammplemousse,pampelmousse,pamplemmousse,pamplemosuse,pamplemouse,pamplemouses,pamplemuosse,pampleomusse,pampllemousse,pamplmeousse,pampplemousse,papmlemousse,pmaplemousse,ppamplemousse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pamplemousse

Misspelling Variants of "pamplemousse"

apmplemousse12pamlpemousse12pammplemousse13pampelmousse12pamplemmousse13pamplemosuse12pamplemouse11pamplemouses12
Misspelling Variants of "pamplemousse"

Frequency rank: #30,296 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pamplemousse"?
"pamplemousse" is spelled P-A-M-P-L-E-M-O-U-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɑ̃.plə.mus\.
What does "pamplemousse" mean?
As a noun, "pamplemousse" means: : Fruit du pamplemoussier (Citrus maxima, Citrus grandis, ou Citrus decumana), de couleur jaune, rosé ou verdâtre, peu juteux et au goût parfois amer, piriforme, sphérique ou aplati, appartenant à ...
What are common misspellings of "pamplemousse"?
Common misspellings include "apmplemousse", "pamlpemousse", "pammplemousse", "pampelmousse", "pamplemmousse". The correct spelling is "pamplemousse".
How do you pronounce "pamplemousse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pamplemousse" is \pɑ̃.plə.mus\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pamplemousse" come from?
"pamplemousse" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.