paperasses
\pa.pʁas\
The verdict
“paperasses” is uncommon French (frequency #75,979 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,979
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de paperasse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paperasses · paperasses · French
paperasses · rank #75,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,979
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH paléozoïque
Nearest frequency peer: paléozoïque (-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 « paperasses »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pallium
pallium
24,025 corpus weight
- palomino
palomino
24,024 corpus weight
- paléozoïque
paléozoïque
24,023 corpus weight
- paperasses
paperasses
24,022 corpus weight
- papetier
papetier
24,021 corpus weight
- paragon
paragon
24,019 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « paperasses » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paperasses |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.pʁas\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #75,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « paperasses » en français
Rare enough to double-check
paperasses is uncommon French at frequency #75,979 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.pʁas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de paperasse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for paperasses in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 paperasses, spelled P-A-P-E-R-A-S-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de paperasse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paperasses appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces magistrats passent leurs jours à vérifier tous les bons, paperasses, rôles, contrôles, acquits-à-caution, paiements, contributions reçues, contributions dépensées, etc., que les employés ont écrits.
J’ai profité de ma solitude pour trier des paperasses. Le caractère un peu testamentaire d’un tel soin n’est pas pour me faire peur.
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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