pestilentiel
\pɛs.ti.lɑ̃.sjɛl\
The verdict
“pestilentiel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a les caractères de la peste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pestilentiel · pestilentiel · French
pestilentiel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | pestilentiel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɛs.ti.lɑ̃.sjɛl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pestilentiel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɛs.ti.lɑ̃.sjɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for pestilentiel in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pestilentiel, spelled P-E-S-T-I-L-E-N-T-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1Qui a les caractères de la peste.
- 2Qui donne la peste et, par extension, qui est infecté.
- 3Qui émet une odeur nauséabonde.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pestilentiel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des maladies pestilentielles désolaient de plus les Gaulois campés dans des bas-fonds, au milieu d'un cercle d'éminences et sur un terrain brûlant, que tant d'incendies avaient imprégné d'exhalaisons enflammées, et où le moimdre vent les offusquait de poussière et de cendre.
À Mogador, nouvelle relâche, […]. C’est là qu’ils embarquèrent la Mort Pourpre, et ils remirent à la voile en emportant les germes pestilentiels.
This word in other languages
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