Pétrograd
\pe.tʁɔ.ɡʁad\
The verdict
“Pétrograd” is uncommon French (frequency #87,063 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,063
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom que porta Saint-Pétersbourg de 1914 à 1924.
Corpus desk
Index FR-petrograd · Pétrograd · French
Pétrograd · rank #87,063 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,063
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pétrissage
Nearest frequency peer: pétrissage (-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 « Pétrograd »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- périurbains
périurbains
12,941 corpus weight
- pétioles
pétioles
12,940 corpus weight
- pétrissage
pétrissage
12,939 corpus weight
- Pétrograd
Pétrograd
12,938 corpus weight
- Qatarien
Qatarien
12,937 corpus weight
- quadrangula…
quadrangulaires
12,936 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Pétrograd » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pétrograd |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pe.tʁɔ.ɡʁad\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,063 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Pétrograd » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Pétrograd is uncommon French at frequency #87,063 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pe.tʁɔ.ɡʁad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom que porta Saint-Pétersbourg de 1914 à 1924.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Pétrograd, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Pétrograd, spelled P-É-T-R-O-G-R-A-D.
Definition
- 1Nom que porta Saint-Pétersbourg de 1914 à 1924.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pétrograd appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zinoviev préside l’Internationale communiste et le Soviet de Pétrograd qu’il rebaptise Léningrad […]
Son éloignement de Pétrograd le mettait au désespoir. Il se rendait parfaitement compte que, seule, sa présence sur les lieux lui permettrait d’agir efficacement et de faire entendre raison aux membres récalcitrants du Comité central.
Synonyms
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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