polyester
\pɔ.li.ɛs.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“polyester” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,534. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,534
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Polymère dont le squelette macromoléculaire contient la répétition de la fonction chimique ester.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polyester |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.li.ɛs.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,534 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “polyester” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around polyester (IPA \pɔ.li.ɛs.tɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,534 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for polyester, with forms such as "oplyester", "ployester", and "poleyster". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is polyester, spelled P-O-L-Y-E-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Polymère dont le squelette macromoléculaire contient la répétition de la fonction chimique ester.
- 2Tissus réalisé avec des fils constitués de fibres de polyester.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oplyester
- ployester
- poleyster
- pollyester
- polyesetr
- polyesster
- polyesterr
- polyestre
- polyestter
- polyetser
- polyseter
- polyyester
- poylester
- ppolyester
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of polyester - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “polyester”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-L-Y-E-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔ.li.ɛs.tɛʁ\ (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.