pants
\ˈpænts\
The verdict
“pants” is uncommon French (frequency #54,780 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,780
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pantalon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pants · pants · French
pants · rank #54,780 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,780
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH ovocytes
Nearest frequency peer: ovocytes (-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 « pants »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ovine
ovine
45,223 corpus weight
- ovocytes
ovocytes
45,222 corpus weight
- pants
pants
45,221 corpus weight
- parements
parements
45,220 corpus weight
- parrainée
parrainée
45,219 corpus weight
- Parthénon
Parthénon
45,218 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pants » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈpænts\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,780 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pants » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pants is uncommon French at frequency #54,780 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈpænts\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pants in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pants, spelled P-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pantalon.
- 2Caleçon (pour un homme), slip.
Synonyms
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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