papel
\paˈpel\
The verdict
“papel” is uncommon French (frequency #66,971 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,971
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Papier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-papel · papel · French
papel · rank #66,971 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,971
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH papaoutai
Nearest frequency peer: papaoutai (-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 « papel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ornaient
ornaient
33,034 corpus weight
- owl
owl
33,032 corpus weight
- papaoutai
papaoutai
33,031 corpus weight
- papel
papel
33,030 corpus weight
- paradiso
paradiso
33,028 corpus weight
- paramétrer
paramétrer
33,027 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « papel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | papel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \paˈpel\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,971 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « papel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
papel is uncommon French at frequency #66,971 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \paˈpel\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for papel, 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is papel, spelled P-A-P-E-L.
Definition
- 1Papier.
- 2Document.
- 3Rôle, personnage dans une œuvre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how papel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Una rueda de colores Trenza de flores, seda y papel. […]
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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