polyamour
\po.li.a.muʁ\
The verdict
“polyamour” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relation sentimentale honnête, franche et assumée avec plusieurs partenaires simultanément (chaque relation pouvant comprendre ou non des rapports sexuels).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polyamour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \po.li.a.muʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “polyamour” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for polyamour is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \po.li.a.muʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Relation sentimentale honnête, franche et assumée avec plusieurs partenaires simultanément (chaque relation pouvant comprendre ou non des rapports sexuels).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for polyamour, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is polyamour, spelled P-O-L-Y-A-M-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Relation sentimentale honnête, franche et assumée avec plusieurs partenaires simultanément (chaque relation pouvant comprendre ou non des rapports sexuels).
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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.
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Using “polyamour”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-L-Y-A-M-O-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \po.li.a.muʁ\ (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.