poltergeist
\pɔl.tœʁ.ɡajst\
The verdict
“poltergeist” is uncommon French (frequency #76,022 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,022
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fantôme bruyant, phénomène paranormal consistant en des bruits inexpliqués.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poltergeist · poltergeist · French
poltergeist · rank #76,022 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,022
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH polders
Nearest frequency peer: polders (-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 « poltergeist »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pointera
pointera
23,981 corpus weight
- polders
polders
23,980 corpus weight
- poltergeist
poltergeist
23,979 corpus weight
- Polycarpe
Polycarpe
23,978 corpus weight
- polychromie
polychromie
23,977 corpus weight
- polythéisme
polythéisme
23,976 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « poltergeist » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « poltergeist » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poltergeist is uncommon French at frequency #76,022 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔl.tœʁ.ɡajst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how poltergeist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Encore appelé Rumpelgeist, le poltergeist est essentiellement un « diable » , un « spectre » ou un revenant dans les écrits du XVIᵉ siècle, puis un lutin.
En Europe, le christianisme a contribué à distinguer le revenant de toutes les autres apparitions que l’on rencontre dans de nombreuses sociétés : spectres, fantômes, ombres, esprits, poltergeists, dames blanches, etc.
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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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