pentu
\pɑ̃.ty\
The verdict
“pentu” is uncommon French (frequency #78,728 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,728
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est en pente, grimpant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pentu · pentu · French
pentu · rank #78,728 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,728
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH performé
Nearest frequency peer: performé (+2 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 « pentu »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pazzi
pazzi
21,279 corpus weight
- pendulaires
pendulaires
21,276 corpus weight
- pentu
pentu
21,273 corpus weight
- performé
performé
21,271 corpus weight
- perro
perro
21,270 corpus weight
- Perrotin
Perrotin
21,269 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pentu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pentu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɑ̃.ty\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #78,728 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pentu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pentu is uncommon French at frequency #78,728 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɑ̃.ty\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est en pente, grimpant.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pentu, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pentu, spelled P-E-N-T-U.
Definition
- 1Qui est en pente, grimpant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pentu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En effet, au débouché du pont, la Nissan Micra s'engagea sur un chemin pentu, puis s'arrêta juste en dessous de la terrasse.
Les toits pentus des demeures alpines.
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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