pluvialité

\ply.vja.li.te\

/\ply.vja.li.te\/ noun

The verdict

“pluvialité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caractéristique de ce qui est pluvial.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pluvialite · pluvialité · French

pluvialité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for pluvialité
PropertyValue
Headwordpluvialité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ply.vja.li.te\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pluvialité » en français

pluvialitéreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pluvialité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ply.vja.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caractéristique de ce qui est pluvial.".

pluvialité has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pluvialité, spelled P-L-U-V-I-A-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractéristique de ce qui est pluvial.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pluvialité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mais M. Bouche a déclaré que le Rhône appartenoit au Dauphiné et à la Provence ; et, sur la rédaction de l'article, il a observé que le fil de l’eau n’étoit pas assez significatif que cette expression ne pouvoit s'employer que, lorsqu'il s’agissoit de machines hydrauliques oui d’établissemens de pluvialité.
  2. Pour se rendre compte complètement des différences dans la pluvialité, il faudrait que les conditions où se trouve chaque station fussent examinées, en tenant compte de la nature des pluies qui y tombent.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pluvialité"?
"pluvialité" is spelled P-L-U-V-I-A-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ply.vja.li.te\.
What does "pluvialité" mean?
As a noun, "pluvialité" means: Caractéristique de ce qui est pluvial.
How do you pronounce "pluvialité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pluvialité" is \ply.vja.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pluvialité" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list