polenta
\pɔ.lɛn.ta\
The verdict
“polenta” is uncommon French (frequency #57,511 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,511
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bouillie de farine de maïs, notamment en usage en Italie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-polenta · polenta · French
polenta · rank #57,511 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,511
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH poissonnier
Nearest frequency peer: poissonnier (-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 « polenta »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pluriels
pluriels
42,493 corpus weight
- pointées
pointées
42,492 corpus weight
- poissonnier
poissonnier
42,491 corpus weight
- polenta
polenta
42,490 corpus weight
- politisés
politisés
42,489 corpus weight
- Polska
Polska
42,488 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « polenta » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polenta |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.lɛn.ta\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,511 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « polenta » en français
Rare enough to double-check
polenta is uncommon French at frequency #57,511 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.lɛn.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bouillie de farine de maïs, notamment en usage en Italie.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for polenta in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is polenta, spelled P-O-L-E-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1Bouillie de farine de maïs, notamment en usage en Italie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how polenta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Notre troupe bruyante est accourue sur la place St-Marc, de l’hôtellerie du signor Arlecchino, qui nous avait tous conviés à un régal de macarons à l’huile et de polenta à l’ail.
Des charbonniers lucquois nous font une place à leur feu ; puis un berger indigène, une espèce de sauvage tout habillé de peau de bouc, nous invite à venir manger la polenta dans sa cabane.
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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