pleasure
\ˈplɛʒ.ɚ\
The verdict
“pleasure” is uncommon French (frequency #61,791 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,791
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plaisir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pleasure · pleasure · French
pleasure · rank #61,791 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,791
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH PLAI
Nearest frequency peer: PLAI (-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 « pleasure »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- piratée
piratée
38,214 corpus weight
- pitance
pitance
38,213 corpus weight
- PLAI
PLAI
38,211 corpus weight
- pleasure
pleasure
38,210 corpus weight
- Poligny
Poligny
38,209 corpus weight
- polyuréthane
polyuréthane
38,208 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pleasure » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pleasure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈplɛʒ.ɚ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pleasure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pleasure is uncommon French at frequency #61,791 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈplɛʒ.ɚ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for pleasure in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pleasure, spelled P-L-E-A-S-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Plaisir.
- 2(Dans un nom composé) De plaisance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pleasure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A pleasure boat.
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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