pdl
The verdict
“pdl” is uncommon French (frequency #58,826 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a symbol. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,826
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Symbole du poundal, unité de mesure de force anglo-saxonne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pdl · pdl · French
pdl · rank #58,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,826
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH PCP
Nearest frequency peer: PCP (-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 « pdl »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
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patienté
41,178 corpus weight
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pce
41,177 corpus weight
- PCP
PCP
41,176 corpus weight
- pdl
pdl
41,175 corpus weight
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41,174 corpus weight
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percutée
41,173 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pdl » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pdl |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Symbol |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #58,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pdl » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pdl is uncommon French at frequency #58,826 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as asymbol. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Symbole du poundal, unité de mesure de force anglo-saxonne.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pdl, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pdl, spelled P-D-L.
Definition
- 1Symbole du poundal, unité de mesure de force anglo-saxonne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pdl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1 pdl = 0,138 254 954 376 N (exactement)
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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