polyamour
\po.li.a.muʁ\
The verdict
“polyamour” 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) - Relation sentimentale honnête, franche et assumée avec plusieurs partenaires simultanément (chaque relation pouvant comprendre ou non des rapports sexuels).
Corpus desk
Index FR-polyamour · polyamour · French
polyamour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | polyamour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \po.li.a.muʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « polyamour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
polyamour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \po.li.a.muʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how polyamour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le polyamour, c’est tout d’abord... de l’amour !
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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.