pepene
\pe.pe.ne\
The verdict
“pepene” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pastèque, melon d’eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pepene · pepene · French
pepene · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | pepene |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.pe.ne\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pepene » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pepene is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.pe.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pastèque, melon d’eau.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pepene, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 pepene, spelled P-E-P-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1Pastèque, melon d’eau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pepene appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toi aussi t’es tombé sous le charme du pepene 🍉☺️ Je l’ai aussi acheté... qu’avec des points or. Téma le rat 🐀
dessiner sur la pepene y’a que ça de vrai
Synonyms
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.