Parthenay
\paʁ.tə.nɛ\
The verdict
“Parthenay” is uncommon French (frequency #58,819 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,819
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Deux-Sèvres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parthenay · Parthenay · French
Parthenay · rank #58,819 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,819
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH parodiques
Nearest frequency peer: parodiques (-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 « Parthenay »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- papote
papote
41,185 corpus weight
- parfumer
parfumer
41,184 corpus weight
- parodiques
parodiques
41,183 corpus weight
- Parthenay
Parthenay
41,182 corpus weight
- participerai
participerai
41,181 corpus weight
- pathologiste
pathologiste
41,179 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Parthenay » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Parthenay |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \paʁ.tə.nɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,819 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Parthenay » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Parthenay is uncommon French at frequency #58,819 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \paʁ.tə.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Parthenay, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Parthenay, spelled P-A-R-T-H-E-N-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département des Deux-Sèvres.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département des Deux-Sèvres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Parthenay appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'est un pays très isolé qu'il n'est pas facile d'atteindre. On est obligé de s'y rendre en voiture de Parthenay, en passant par Vernou-en-Gâtine. Il s'agit d'une vallée qui dépend de la Sèvre Nantaise, dont la source est d'ailleurs assez proche ; […].
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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