polissonner
\pɔ.li.sɔ.ne\
The verdict
“polissonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vagabonder, jouer dans les rues, en parlant d’enfants.
Corpus desk
Index FR-polissonner · polissonner · French
polissonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polissonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɔ.li.sɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
polissonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pɔ.li.sɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for polissonner in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is polissonner, spelled P-O-L-I-S-S-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Vagabonder, jouer dans les rues, en parlant d’enfants.
- 2Dire ou faire des polissonneries.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how polissonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
surtout la rue Courtalon, une ruelle noire, sordide, qui va de la place Sainte-Opportune à la rue Saint-Denis, trouée d’allées puantes, au fond desquelles ils avaient polissonné, étant plus jeunes.
Apprenti chez un Allemand - qui vous nourrissait tous à la même écuelle, vous reprochait votre négligence à coups de tire-pied sur le dos et vous défendait de polissonner dans les rues - tu travaillais à merveille, ….
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.