poissonneux
\pwa.sɔ.nø\
The verdict
“poissonneux” is uncommon French (frequency #98,364 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,364
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui abonde en poisson.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poissonneux · poissonneux · French
poissonneux · rank #98,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,364
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH plébiscitées
Nearest frequency peer: plébiscitées (-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 « poissonneux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- plaindrai
plaindrai
1,641 corpus weight
- pleureurs
pleureurs
1,640 corpus weight
- plébiscitées
plébiscitées
1,638 corpus weight
- poissonneux
poissonneux
1,637 corpus weight
- polythéiste
polythéiste
1,636 corpus weight
- Portofino
Portofino
1,633 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « poissonneux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poissonneux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pwa.sɔ.nø\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #98,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « poissonneux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poissonneux is uncommon French at frequency #98,364 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pwa.sɔ.nø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
poissonneux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is poissonneux, spelled P-O-I-S-S-O-N-N-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui abonde en poisson.
- 2Qui évoque la bouche d’un poisson s’ouvrant et se fermant rapidement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how poissonneux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quant aux eaux du lac de l'Esclave, elles étaient très poissonneuses. Les truites y atteignaient des dimensions extraordinaires, et leur poids dépassait souvent soixante livres.
On continue à suivre la conversation tout en ouvrant le paquet de tabac – tout doucement : le bout de scotch bordé de rouge glisse sur l’emballage plastifié sans l’abîmer. Bourrage méticuleux du fourneau, petits pops de la bouche poissonneuse pour amorcer la combustion.
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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