pollard
The verdict
“pollard” is uncommon French (frequency #54,166 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,166
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Monnaie anglaise de peu de valeur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pollard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,166 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pollard” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pollard is uncommon French at frequency #54,166 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Monnaie anglaise de peu de valeur.".
pollard doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 pollard, spelled P-O-L-L-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Monnaie anglaise de peu de valeur.
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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Using “pollard”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-L-L-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.