pôle Nord

\pol nɔʁ\

/\pol nɔʁ\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Une des deux intersections de l’axe de rotation d’un astre et de sa surface, dans l’hémisphère Nord. Vu au-dessus du pôle Nord, l’astre tourne dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pole-nord · pôle Nord · French

pôle Nord · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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 pôle Nord
PropertyValue
Headwordpôle Nord
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pol nɔʁ\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pôle Nord » en français

pôle Nordreste 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

pôle Nord is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pol nɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pôle Nord, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pôle Nord, spelled P-Ô-L-E- -N-O-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Une des deux intersections de l’axe de rotation d’un astre et de sa surface, dans l’hémisphère Nord. Vu au-dessus du pôle Nord, l’astre tourne dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre.
  2. 2
    Pôle Nord de la Terre, appelé aussi pôle Nord géographique.
  3. 3
    Pôle Nord magnétique, situé près du pôle Nord géographique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En mai 1925, Amundsen était parti en avion à la conquête du Pôle Nord, et la plus grande inquiétude régnait sur son sort.
  2. Selon les Américains, la résidence du père Noël est sise au pôle Nord.

Synonyms

pôle arctiquepôle boréalpôle septentrional

Antonyms

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pôle Nord"?
"pôle Nord" is spelled P-Ô-L-E- -N-O-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \pol nɔʁ\.
What does "pôle Nord" mean?
As a noun, "pôle Nord" means: Une des deux intersections de l’axe de rotation d’un astre et de sa surface, dans l’hémisphère Nord. Vu au-dessus du pôle Nord, l’astre tourne dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre.
How do you pronounce "pôle Nord"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pôle Nord" is \pol nɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pôle Nord" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list