pantoute
\pɑ̃.tut\
The verdict
“pantoute” is uncommon French (frequency #56,161 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,161
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Du tout.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pantoute · pantoute · French
pantoute · rank #56,161 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,161
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 248,534
- PHOTO-FINISH palabres
Nearest frequency peer: palabres (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pantoute”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- padawan
padawan
43,843 corpus weight
- paillard
paillard
43,842 corpus weight
- palabres
palabres
43,841 corpus weight
- pantoute
pantoute
43,840 corpus weight
- paranormaux
paranormaux
43,839 corpus weight
- paranoïaques
paranoïaques
43,838 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pantoute” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pantoute |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \pɑ̃.tut\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,161 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pantoute” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pantoute is uncommon French at frequency #56,161 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \pɑ̃.tut\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Du tout.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pantoute in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pantoute, spelled P-A-N-T-O-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1Du tout.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pantoute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— On n'a rien trouvé pantoute, lieutenant, répondit Lapointe sur un ton très militaire.
Est-ce mal, docteur ? Réponse courte ? Pantoute.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pantoute", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.