pancrace
\pɑ̃.kʁas\
The verdict
“pancrace” is uncommon French (frequency #73,417 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,417
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exercice qui faisait partie de la gymnastique et qui combinait la lutte et le pugilat.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pancrace · pancrace · French
pancrace · rank #73,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,417
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pala
Nearest frequency peer: pala (-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 « pancrace »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ouvris
ouvris
26,588 corpus weight
- pala
pala
26,585 corpus weight
- pancrace
pancrace
26,584 corpus weight
- papetière
papetière
26,582 corpus weight
- pardonnons
pardonnons
26,581 corpus weight
- parodi
parodi
26,580 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pancrace » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pancrace |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɑ̃.kʁas\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pancrace » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pancrace is uncommon French at frequency #73,417 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɑ̃.kʁas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
pancrace has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pancrace, spelled P-A-N-C-R-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Exercice qui faisait partie de la gymnastique et qui combinait la lutte et le pugilat.
- 2Lutte, combat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pancrace appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avant même d'avoir commencé, le bicentenaire [de la Révolution Française] est mal parti : ce qui aurait pu être une belle occasion pour accroître notre savoir sur la Révolution est en passe de devenir un pancrace idéologique où tous les mauvais coups sont permis.
Mon caractère était déjà là : une sorte de goût pour le pancrace, une appétence pour le cancan, une salope aptitude à la méchanceté qui me poussait à risquer ma vie dans le moindre des ennuis.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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