pentecôtiste

\pɑ̃t.ko.tist\

/\pɑ̃t.ko.tist\/ noun

The verdict

“pentecôtiste” is uncommon French (frequency #92,033 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,033
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-pentecotiste · pentecôtiste · French

pentecôtiste · rank #92,033 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,033
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pentagramme

Nearest frequency peer: pentagramme (-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 « pentecôtiste »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pentecôtiste
PropertyValue
Headwordpentecôtiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɑ̃t.ko.tist\
Letters12
Frequency rank#92,033
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pentecôtiste » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pentecôtistetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « pentagramme » (#92,032), « percera » (#92,034), « perforant » (#92,035). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pentecôtiste » est au #92,033. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pentecôtiste is uncommon French at frequency #92,033 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɑ̃t.ko.tist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Adepte du pentecôtisme.".

pentecôtiste doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 pentecôtiste, spelled P-E-N-T-E-C-Ô-T-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Adepte du pentecôtisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pentecôtiste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Aux yeux d’un pentecôtiste, tous les systèmes politiques, comme toutes les coutumes, se valent à peu de choses près.
  2. Et les plus connus étaient les Témoins de Jéhovah et les Pentecôtistes et les Amishes qui n'aimaient pas l’électricité et s’éclairaient à la lampe à pétrole et portaient des habits noirs et disaient que les conquêtes techniques conduisaient l'homme à s'éloigner de Dieu ce qui était l'intention première de l’Antéchrist qui voulait tuer l’âme en l'homme.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pentecôtiste"?
"pentecôtiste" is spelled P-E-N-T-E-C-Ô-T-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɑ̃t.ko.tist\.
What does "pentecôtiste" mean?
As a noun, "pentecôtiste" means: Adepte du pentecôtisme.
How do you pronounce "pentecôtiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pentecôtiste" is \pɑ̃t.ko.tist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pentecôtiste" come from?
"pentecôtiste" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list