poissonniers
\pwa.sɔ.nje\
The verdict
“poissonniers” is uncommon French (frequency #70,952 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,952
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de poissonnier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poissonniers · poissonniers · French
poissonniers · rank #70,952 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,952
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH PMP
Nearest frequency peer: PMP (-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 « poissonniers »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- plussoie
plussoie
29,051 corpus weight
- PMP
PMP
29,050 corpus weight
- poissonniers
poissonniers
29,049 corpus weight
- polyvalentes
polyvalentes
29,048 corpus weight
- ponceau
ponceau
29,047 corpus weight
- porque
porque
29,045 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « poissonniers » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poissonniers |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwa.sɔ.nje\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #70,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « poissonniers » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poissonniers is uncommon French at frequency #70,952 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pwa.sɔ.nje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de poissonnier.".
No misspelling variants are generated for poissonniers in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 poissonniers, spelled P-O-I-S-S-O-N-N-I-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de poissonnier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how poissonniers appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Certains poissonniers paient sans doute eux-mêmes les chargements s’ils en ont la possibilité financière, toutefois cette pratique ne semble pas la plus répandue.
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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