polysémie
\pɔ.li.se.mi\
The verdict
“polysémie” is uncommon French (frequency #74,287 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,287
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Propriété, pour un mot, de posséder en fonction du contexte plusieurs sens qui s’actualisent dans l’emploi du mot. La polysémie diminue dans le temps avec le phénomène de désuétude et augmente avec...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polysémie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.li.se.mi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,287 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “polysémie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
polysémie is uncommon French at frequency #74,287 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.li.se.mi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propriété, pour un mot, de posséder en fonction du contexte plusieurs sens qui s’actualisent dans l’emploi du mot. La polysémie diminue dans le temps avec le phénomène de désuétude et augmente avec...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for polysémie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is polysémie, spelled P-O-L-Y-S-É-M-I-E.
Definition
- 1Propriété, pour un mot, de posséder en fonction du contexte plusieurs sens qui s’actualisent dans l’emploi du mot. La polysémie diminue dans le temps avec le phénomène de désuétude et augmente avec celui de néosémie.
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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 “polysémie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-L-Y-S-É-M-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɔ.li.se.mi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.