poltergeist
\pɔl.tœʁ.ɡajst\
The verdict
“poltergeist” is an uncommon French word, ranked #76,022 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #76,022
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fantôme bruyant, phénomène paranormal consistant en des bruits inexpliqués.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poltergeist |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔl.tœʁ.ɡajst\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #76,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “poltergeist” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for poltergeist is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɔl.tœʁ.ɡajst\. Corpus data places it at rank #76,022 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fantôme bruyant, phénomène paranormal consistant en des bruits inexpliqués.".
poltergeist has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is poltergeist, spelled P-O-L-T-E-R-G-E-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Fantôme bruyant, phénomène paranormal consistant en des bruits inexpliqués.
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-L-T-E-R-G-E-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔl.tœʁ.ɡajst\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.