pommard

\po.maʁ\

/\po.maʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“pommard” is uncommon French (frequency #91,043 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,043
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vin de Bourgogne, issu des vignes de la commune de Pommard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pommard · pommard · French

pommard · rank #91,043 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,043
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH ponceuse

Nearest frequency peer: ponceuse (+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 « pommard »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pommard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pommard
PropertyValue
Headwordpommard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\po.maʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,043
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pommard » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pommardtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « ponceuse » (#91,044), « ponctuant » (#91,045), « plénier » (#91,040). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pommard » est au #91,043. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pommard is uncommon French at frequency #91,043 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \po.maʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vin de Bourgogne, issu des vignes de la commune de Pommard.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for pommard in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 pommard, spelled P-O-M-M-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vin de Bourgogne, issu des vignes de la commune de Pommard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pommard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mon lieutenant, faites-moi servir une bouteille de pommard... Du meilleur...
  2. Anne Desbaresdes boit, et ça ne cesse pas, le Pommard continue d’avoir ce soir la saveur anéantissante des lèvres inconnues d’un homme de la rue.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pommard"?
"pommard" is spelled P-O-M-M-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \po.maʁ\.
What does "pommard" mean?
As a noun, "pommard" means: Vin de Bourgogne, issu des vignes de la commune de Pommard.
How do you pronounce "pommard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pommard" is \po.maʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pommard" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pommard", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list