péninsulaire
\pe.nɛ̃.sy.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“péninsulaire” is uncommon French (frequency #89,037 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,037
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient à une péninsule ou à ses habitants.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peninsulaire · péninsulaire · French
péninsulaire · rank #89,037 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,037
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pédalant
Nearest frequency peer: pédalant (-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 « péninsulaire »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- putaing
putaing
10,967 corpus weight
- pâlit
pâlit
10,966 corpus weight
- pédalant
pédalant
10,965 corpus weight
- péninsulaire
péninsulaire
10,964 corpus weight
- pétillent
pétillent
10,962 corpus weight
- pêne
pêne
10,961 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « péninsulaire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | péninsulaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pe.nɛ̃.sy.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #89,037 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « péninsulaire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
péninsulaire is uncommon French at frequency #89,037 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pe.nɛ̃.sy.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui appartient à une péninsule ou à ses habitants.".
péninsulaire doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is péninsulaire, spelled P-É-N-I-N-S-U-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui appartient à une péninsule ou à ses habitants.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how péninsulaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette proportion des cultes péninsulaires montre bien que l’extrême éparpillement constaté pour l’ensemble du monde celtique se maintient.
Se souvient-on du traité mercantile conclu avec les États-Unis, accueilli avec joie par les Cubains, entravé de mille façons par l’administration péninsulaire et qui fut dénoncé par le gouvernement espagnol
This word in other languages
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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