poltronne
\pɔl.tʁɔn\
The verdict
“poltronne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui manque de courage ; qui agit avec lâcheté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poltronne · poltronne · French
poltronne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | poltronne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔl.tʁɔn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
poltronne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔl.tʁɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celle qui manque de courage ; qui agit avec lâcheté.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for poltronne in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is poltronne, spelled P-O-L-T-R-O-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui manque de courage ; qui agit avec lâcheté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how poltronne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle avait reconnu que la poltronne se tenait bien, malgré sa terreur, et ne courait aucun danger.
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.