Pennsylvania

\ˌpɛnsɪlˈvɛɪ̯ni̯a\

/\ˌpɛnsɪlˈvɛɪ̯ni̯a\/ name

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The verdict

“Pennsylvania” is uncommon French (frequency #63,989 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,989
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-pennsylvania · Pennsylvania · French

Pennsylvania · rank #63,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,989
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pembroke

Nearest frequency peer: Pembroke (-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 « Pennsylvania »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pennsylvania
PropertyValue
HeadwordPennsylvania
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ˌpɛnsɪlˈvɛɪ̯ni̯a\
Letters12
Frequency rank#63,989
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Pennsylvania » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Pennsylvaniatombe 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: « Pembroke » (#63,988), « percevra » (#63,990), « peiner » (#63,987). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Pennsylvania » est au #63,989. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pennsylvania is uncommon French at frequency #63,989 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˌpɛnsɪlˈvɛɪ̯ni̯a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pennsylvanie.".

Pennsylvania has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Pennsylvania, spelled P-E-N-N-S-Y-L-V-A-N-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pennsylvanie.

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 "Pennsylvania"?
"Pennsylvania" is spelled P-E-N-N-S-Y-L-V-A-N-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ˌpɛnsɪlˈvɛɪ̯ni̯a\.
What does "Pennsylvania" mean?
As a proper noun, "Pennsylvania" means: Pennsylvanie.
How do you pronounce "Pennsylvania"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pennsylvania" is \ˌpɛnsɪlˈvɛɪ̯ni̯a\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pennsylvania" come from?
"Pennsylvania" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

parasitaires#63,980pacificateur#63,977négligemment#63,964progestérone#64,019

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list