Pentium
The verdict
“Pentium” is uncommon French (frequency #60,266 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,266
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Microprocesseur d’architecture x86, introduit par Intel, en 1993.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pentium · Pentium · French
Pentium · rank #60,266 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,266
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH penserez
Nearest frequency peer: penserez (-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 « Pentium »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Paulina
Paulina
39,738 corpus weight
- pavard
pavard
39,737 corpus weight
- penserez
penserez
39,736 corpus weight
- Pentium
Pentium
39,735 corpus weight
- perfidie
perfidie
39,734 corpus weight
- pergola
pergola
39,733 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Pentium » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pentium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Pentium » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Pentium is uncommon French at frequency #60,266 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Microprocesseur d’architecture x86, introduit par Intel, en 1993.".
Pentium 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, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Pentium, spelled P-E-N-T-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Microprocesseur d’architecture x86, introduit par Intel, en 1993.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Pentium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
…probablement des pentiums 2 plutôt que 486, qui pourraient encore rouler adéquatement pour combler nos besoins.
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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