Phocéens
\fɔ.se.ɛ̃\
The verdict
“Phocéens” is uncommon French (frequency #59,532 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,532
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de Phocéen.
Corpus desk
Index FR-phoceens · Phocéens · French
Phocéens · rank #59,532 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,532
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH phytothérapie
Nearest frequency peer: phytothérapie (+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 « Phocéens »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- persuasif
persuasif
40,471 corpus weight
- Phocéens
Phocéens
40,469 corpus weight
- phytothérap…
phytothérapie
40,468 corpus weight
- plaignantes
plaignantes
40,467 corpus weight
- plaisantait
plaisantait
40,466 corpus weight
- plaisants
plaisants
40,465 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Phocéens » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Phocéens |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔ.se.ɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Phocéens » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Phocéens is uncommon French at frequency #59,532 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔ.se.ɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de Phocéen.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Phocéens in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Phocéens, spelled P-H-O-C-É-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de Phocéen.
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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