panard

\pa.naʁ\

/\pa.naʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“panard” is uncommon French (frequency #98,335 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,335
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d’un cheval dont les deux pieds de devant sont tournés vers le dehors.

Corpus desk

Index FR-panard · panard · French

panard · rank #98,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,335
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH palis

Nearest frequency peer: palis (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « panard »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « panard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for panard
PropertyValue
Headwordpanard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pa.naʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,335
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « panard » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.panardtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « palis » (#98,334), « Pannier » (#98,336), « panzers » (#98,337). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « panard » est au #98,335. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

panard is uncommon French at frequency #98,335 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.naʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit d’un cheval dont les deux pieds de devant sont tournés vers le dehors.".

panard doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is panard, spelled P-A-N-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dit d’un cheval dont les deux pieds de devant sont tournés vers le dehors.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les protège-boulets sont destinés aux chevaux qui ont des problèmes d’aplomb comme les chevaux panards.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "panard"?
"panard" is spelled P-A-N-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.naʁ\.
What does "panard" mean?
As an adjective, "panard" means: Se dit d’un cheval dont les deux pieds de devant sont tournés vers le dehors.
How do you pronounce "panard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "panard" is \pa.naʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "panard" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "panard", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list