pelt
\pɛlt\
The verdict
“pelt” is uncommon French (frequency #70,931 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,931
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fourrure, peau, pelage, poil d’animal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pelt · pelt · French
pelt · rank #70,931 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,931
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pecs
Nearest frequency peer: pecs (-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 « pelt »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pasteurisat…
pasteurisation
29,074 corpus weight
- pecs
pecs
29,071 corpus weight
- pelt
pelt
29,070 corpus weight
- pergélisol
pergélisol
29,069 corpus weight
- persiennes
persiennes
29,068 corpus weight
- pestiférés
pestiférés
29,066 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pelt » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pelt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛlt\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #70,931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pelt » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pelt is uncommon French at frequency #70,931 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛlt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fourrure, peau, pelage, poil d’animal.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pelt, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pelt, spelled P-E-L-T.
Definition
- 1Fourrure, peau, pelage, poil d’animal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pelt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The reward for whosoever makes the killing thrust will be the right to keep the trophies of the chase: the beast’s tusks and pelt.
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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