polyptyque
\po.lip.tik\
The verdict
“polyptyque” is uncommon French (frequency #99,492 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,492
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Livre de cens, contenant le détail des rentes, des corvées et autres redevances seigneuriales.
Corpus desk
Index FR-polyptyque · polyptyque · French
polyptyque · rank #99,492 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,492
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH polycycliques
Nearest frequency peer: polycycliques (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « polyptyque »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- plût
plût
513 corpus weight
- polarités
polarités
511 corpus weight
- polycycliqu…
polycycliques
510 corpus weight
- polyptyque
polyptyque
509 corpus weight
- polytechniq…
polytechniques
508 corpus weight
- potelée
potelée
505 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « polyptyque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polyptyque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \po.lip.tik\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #99,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « polyptyque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
polyptyque is uncommon French at frequency #99,492 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \po.lip.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for polyptyque in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is polyptyque, spelled P-O-L-Y-P-T-Y-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Livre de cens, contenant le détail des rentes, des corvées et autres redevances seigneuriales.
- 2Registre de bénéfices ecclésiastiques.
- 3Peinture constituée d'un ensemble de panneaux peints ou sculptés, liés entre eux, comprenant souvent des volets pouvant se replier sur une partie centrale et ainsi se transporter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how polyptyque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le polyptyque d’Irminon.
La première fois que j’ai réalisé un polyptyque, c’est parce que j’avais besoin de diviser une peinture en surfaces séparées. Il fallait absolument que je mette ces éléments distincts en dialogue les uns avec les autres et avec les vides ménagés par les césures.
This word in other languages
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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