player character
\ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ) ˈkæɹ.ək.tə\
The verdict
“player character” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personnage joueur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | player character |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ) ˈkæɹ.ək.tə\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “player character” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
player character is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ) ˈkæɹ.ək.tə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personnage joueur.".
No misspelling variants are generated for player character in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is player character, spelled P-L-A-Y-E-R- -C-H-A-R-A-C-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Personnage joueur.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “player character”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-L-A-Y-E-R- -C-H-A-R-A-C-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ) ˈkæɹ.ək.tə\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.