Philippon
\fi.li.pɔ̃\
The verdict
“Philippon” is uncommon French (frequency #81,435 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,435
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille français.
Corpus desk
Index FR-philippon · Philippon · French
Philippon · rank #81,435 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,435
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH perrière
Nearest frequency peer: perrière (-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 « Philippon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pegi
pegi
18,571 corpus weight
- percutent
percutent
18,569 corpus weight
- perrière
perrière
18,568 corpus weight
- Philippon
Philippon
18,566 corpus weight
- pimpante
pimpante
18,563 corpus weight
- Piolle
Piolle
18,562 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Philippon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Philippon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \fi.li.pɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,435 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Philippon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Philippon is uncommon French at frequency #81,435 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \fi.li.pɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille français.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Philippon, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Philippon, spelled P-H-I-L-I-P-P-O-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille français.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Philippon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quatre musiciens forment le groupe : Mathias Philippon (guitare), de Semussac, Frédéric Léger (batterie), de Nancras, François Hallé (basse), de Cozes, et Jack Pitcho (chanteur du groupe), de Médis.
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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