pintade
\pɛ̃.tad\
The verdict
“pintade” is uncommon French (frequency #57,504 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,504
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom donné à quatre genres totalisant six espèces d’oiseaux gallinacés coureurs originaires d’Afrique, appartenant à la famille des numididés, dont le plumage gris-bleuâtre ou noir est souvent semé ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pintade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛ̃.tad\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pintade” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pintade is uncommon French at frequency #57,504 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛ̃.tad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pintade, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pintade, spelled P-I-N-T-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Nom donné à quatre genres totalisant six espèces d’oiseaux gallinacés coureurs originaires d’Afrique, appartenant à la famille des numididés, dont le plumage gris-bleuâtre ou noir est souvent semé de taches blanches plus ou moins arrondies et dont la tête est munie d’une sorte de casque de corne, d’une huppe ou d’une crête.
- 2Employé seul, i.e. en absence de descripteur spécifique, synonyme de la forme domestiquée de la pintade de Numidie, ou pintade domestique.
- 3Chair de cet animal.
- 4Femme sotte et vaniteuse.
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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Using “pintade”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-I-N-T-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɛ̃.tad\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.