Pollux
\pɔ.lyks\
The verdict
“Pollux” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #44,104 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #44,104
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Frère divin de Castor, Hélène et Clytemnestre, fils de Zeus et Léda.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pollux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.lyks\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #44,104 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pollux” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Pollux is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɔ.lyks\. Corpus data places it at rank #44,104 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pollux, with forms such as "opllux", "plolux", and "polluxx". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "poux", "Polly", "poreux", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Pollux, spelled P-O-L-L-U-X.
Definition
- 1Frère divin de Castor, Hélène et Clytemnestre, fils de Zeus et Léda.
- 2Plus brillante étoile de la constellation des Gémeaux.
- 3Satellite naturel de la planète Saturne.
- 4Sommet de plus de 4,000 mètres des Alpes valaisannes, en Suisse.
- 5Personnage canin de la série télévisée d’animation Le Manège enchanté.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: opllux,plolux,polluxx,pollxu,polulx,polux,ppollux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pollux - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Pollux”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-L-L-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔ.lyks\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “poux” - see the side-by-side comparison. Pollux vs poux
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.