pansu
\pɑ̃.sy\
The verdict
“pansu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a une grosse panse, un gros ventre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pansu · pansu · French
pansu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | pansu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɑ̃.sy\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pansu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pansu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɑ̃.sy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pansu in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pansu, spelled P-A-N-S-U.
Definition
- 1Qui a une grosse panse, un gros ventre.
- 2Renflé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pansu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rien en lui ne rappelle son père, c’est un être banal et pansu surgi d’on ne sait où.
Il déchirait à belles dents un gros chapon gras et pansu.
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.