Polynésie
\pɔ.li.ne.zi\
The verdict
“Polynésie” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,721. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,721
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - L’une des trois régions de l’Océanie, large groupement d’îles situées dans le centre et le sud de l’océan Pacifique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Polynésie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.li.ne.zi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #15,721 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Polynésie” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Polynésie (IPA \pɔ.li.ne.zi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #15,721 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "L’une des trois régions de l’Océanie, large groupement d’îles situées dans le centre et le sud de l’océan Pacifique.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Polynésie, with forms such as "oplynésie", "ploynésie", and "pollynésie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Polynésie, spelled P-O-L-Y-N-É-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1L’une des trois régions de l’Océanie, large groupement d’îles situées dans le centre et le sud de l’océan Pacifique.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oplynésie
- ploynésie
- pollynésie
- polnyésie
- polynesie
- polynnésie
- polynséie
- polynéise
- polynései
- polynéssie
- polyynésie
- polyénsie
- poylnésie
- ppolynésie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Polynésie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Polynésie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-L-Y-N-É-S-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔ.li.ne.zi\ (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.