pimpant
\pɛ̃.pɑ̃\
The verdict
“pimpant” is uncommon French (frequency #87,940 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,940
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est élégant, gracieux, qui a un extérieur riant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pimpant · pimpant · French
pimpant · rank #87,940 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,940
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pilastre
Nearest frequency peer: pilastre (-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 « pimpant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- peti
peti
12,065 corpus weight
- photographi…
photographiant
12,064 corpus weight
- piafs
piafs
12,063 corpus weight
- pilastre
pilastre
12,062 corpus weight
- pimpant
pimpant
12,061 corpus weight
- piétonnisat…
piétonnisation
12,058 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pimpant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pimpant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɛ̃.pɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pimpant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pimpant is uncommon French at frequency #87,940 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɛ̃.pɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pimpant in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pimpant, spelled P-I-M-P-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est élégant, gracieux, qui a un extérieur riant.
- 2Gai, joyeux, animé, coloré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pimpant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'été passé, (…) un faucheur qui avait acheté une faux toute pimpante neuve, affilée & tranchante comme un bec de Paris pour l'essayer marchanda à faucher une pièce d'avoine contenant sept arpents trois quartiers & demy deux perches ou environ.
Mais que je te voie reprendre le costume de tes ancêtres anglais ; pas de manteau court, pas de bonnet pimpant, pas de plumage fantasque dans ma modeste maison.
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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