peignoirs

\pɛ.ɲwaʁ\

/\pɛ.ɲwaʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“peignoirs” is uncommon French (frequency #76,882 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,882
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de peignoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-peignoirs · peignoirs · French

peignoirs · rank #76,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,882
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pedo

Nearest frequency peer: pedo (-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 « peignoirs »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « peignoirs » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for peignoirs
PropertyValue
Headwordpeignoirs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛ.ɲwaʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#76,882
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « peignoirs » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).peignoirstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « pedo » (#76,881), « pelo » (#76,883), « pelvis » (#76,884). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « peignoirs » est au #76,882. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

peignoirs is uncommon French at frequency #76,882 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛ.ɲwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de peignoir.".

Zero misspellings are on record for peignoirs in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is peignoirs, spelled P-E-I-G-N-O-I-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de peignoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how peignoirs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tandis que la société Coup de Cœur se diversifie tous azimuts (chaussons, peignoirs) et n’hésite pas à encaleçonner les statues des Tuileries pour faire parler d’elle, Billichic se garde bien de tout faux mouvement.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "peignoirs"?
"peignoirs" is spelled P-E-I-G-N-O-I-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ.ɲwaʁ\.
What does "peignoirs" mean?
As a noun, "peignoirs" means: Pluriel de peignoir.
How do you pronounce "peignoirs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peignoirs" is \pɛ.ɲwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "peignoirs" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "peignoirs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list