pesants
\pə.zɑ̃\
The verdict
“pesants” is uncommon French (frequency #70,101 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,101
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de pesant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pesants · pesants · French
pesants · rank #70,101 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,101
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH peureuse
Nearest frequency peer: peureuse (+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 « pesants »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- perdes
perdes
29,903 corpus weight
- Perséphone
Perséphone
29,902 corpus weight
- pesants
pesants
29,900 corpus weight
- peureuse
peureuse
29,899 corpus weight
- pharaoniques
pharaoniques
29,898 corpus weight
- phobique
phobique
29,897 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pesants » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pesants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pə.zɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pesants » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pesants is uncommon French at frequency #70,101 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pə.zɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de pesant.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pesants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pesants, spelled P-E-S-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de pesant.
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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