pele

\ˈpe.le\

/\ˈpe.le\/ verb

The verdict

“pele” is uncommon French (frequency #85,118 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,118
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pelar.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pele · pele · French

pele · rank #85,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,118
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH peinturer

Nearest frequency peer: peinturer (-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 « pele »

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 « pele » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pele
PropertyValue
Headwordpele
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈpe.le\
Letters4
Frequency rank#85,118
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pele » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « peinturer » (#85,117), « pelées » (#85,119), « pendaient » (#85,120). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pele » est au #85,118. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pele is uncommon French at frequency #85,118 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈpe.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for pele in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pele, spelled P-E-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pelar.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pelar.
  3. 3
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’impératif de pelar.

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 "pele"?
"pele" is spelled P-E-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈpe.le\.
What does "pele" mean?
As a verb, "pele" means: Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pelar.
How do you pronounce "pele"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pele" is \ˈpe.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pele" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list