Paolini
The verdict
“Paolini” is uncommon French (frequency #72,595 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,595
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paolini · Paolini · French
Paolini · rank #72,595 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,595
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH Palmade
Nearest frequency peer: Palmade (-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 « Paolini »
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27,407 corpus weight
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27,406 corpus weight
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What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Paolini » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paolini |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Paolini » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Paolini is uncommon French at frequency #72,595 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Paolini has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Paolini, spelled P-A-O-L-I-N-I.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Paolini appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nonce Paolini.
Caroline Garcia a surfé sur la vague de son succès contre la numéro 1 mondiale Iga Swiatek pour engloutir l’Italienne Jasmine Paolini 6-1, 6-2 samedi et rallier la finale du tournoi WTA 250 de Varsovie.
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
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).