polyuréthane
\pɔ.li.y.ʁe.tan\
The verdict
“polyuréthane” is uncommon French (frequency #61,793 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,793
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Polymère obtenu par polyaddition d’un uréthane ou carbamate.
Corpus desk
Index FR-polyurethane · polyuréthane · French
polyuréthane · rank #61,793 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,793
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH Poligny
Nearest frequency peer: Poligny (-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 « polyuréthane »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- PLAI
PLAI
38,211 corpus weight
- pleasure
pleasure
38,210 corpus weight
- Poligny
Poligny
38,209 corpus weight
- polyuréthane
polyuréthane
38,208 corpus weight
- poussons
poussons
38,206 corpus weight
- pren
pren
38,205 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « polyuréthane » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polyuréthane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.li.y.ʁe.tan\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #61,793 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « polyuréthane » en français
Rare enough to double-check
polyuréthane is uncommon French at frequency #61,793 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.li.y.ʁe.tan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Polymère obtenu par polyaddition d’un uréthane ou carbamate.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for polyuréthane in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 polyuréthane, spelled P-O-L-Y-U-R-É-T-H-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Polymère obtenu par polyaddition d’un uréthane ou carbamate.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how polyuréthane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la vitrine du Requin Chagrin, Gilbert a installé un requin en mousse polyuréthane, acquis dans une vente de matériel d’effets spéciaux pour le cinéma.
Ils sont encore tous là, ces milliers de disques vinyles, soigneusement insérés dans des pochettes de polyuréthane.
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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