polygame
\pɔ.li.ɡam\
The verdict
“polygame” is uncommon French (frequency #54,167 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,167
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est marié ou uni à plusieurs femmes, qui est mariée ou unie à plusieurs hommes en même temps.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polygame |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɔ.li.ɡam\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “polygame” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
polygame is uncommon French at frequency #54,167 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɔ.li.ɡam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
polygame has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is polygame, spelled P-O-L-Y-G-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est marié ou uni à plusieurs femmes, qui est mariée ou unie à plusieurs hommes en même temps.
- 2Qui est marié ou uni à plusieurs femmes, qui est mariée ou unie à plusieurs hommes en même temps.
- 3Plantes qui portent sur le même pied des fleurs hermaphrodites et des fleurs les unes mâles, les autres femelles.
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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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Using “polygame”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-L-Y-G-A-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔ.li.ɡam\ (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.