pensionnée
\pɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\
The verdict
“pensionnée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Retraitée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pensionnee · pensionnée · French
pensionnée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pensionnée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pensionnée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pensionnée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Retraitée.".
No misspelling variants are generated for pensionnée in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 pensionnée, spelled P-E-N-S-I-O-N-N-É-E.
Definition
- 1Retraitée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pensionnée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Derrière le comptoir en bois, Ginette, la pensionnée bénévole fidèle au poste (son mari Eugène s’occupe des vestiaires et de tracer les lignes blanches du terrain les jours de match).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.