pommette

\pɔ.mɛt\

/\pɔ.mɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“pommette” is uncommon French (frequency #81,448 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,448
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ornement de bois ou de métal, fait en forme de petites pommes ou boules.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pommette · pommette · French

pommette · rank #81,448 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,448
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH poseraient

Nearest frequency peer: poseraient (+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 « pommette »

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 « pommette » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pommette
PropertyValue
Headwordpommette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.mɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,448
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pommette » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pommettetombe 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: « poseraient » (#81,449), « pochoirs » (#81,446), « possessivité » (#81,450). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pommette » est au #81,448. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pommette is uncommon French at frequency #81,448 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.mɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for pommette in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pommette, spelled P-O-M-M-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ornement de bois ou de métal, fait en forme de petites pommes ou boules.
  2. 2
    Partie la plus saillante de la joue au-dessous de l’œil, en tirant vers l’angle extérieur.
  3. 3
    Plaque arrondie qui termine la crosse d’un pistolet.
  4. 4
    Synonyme de azerole (fruit).
  5. 5
    Petite pomme amère.
  6. 6
    Mâche (salade).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pommette de bois, de cuivre, d’argent. - Ces chenêts sont ornés de vases terminés par des pommettes.
  2. Le vieillard appartenait aux modèles affectionnés par les mâles pinceaux de Schnetz ; c’était un visage brun dont les rides nombreuses paraissaient rudes au toucher, un nez droit, des pommettes saillantes et veinées de rouge comme une vieille feuille de vigne, de contours anguleux, tous les caractères de la force, même là où la force avait disparu ; ses m…

This word in other languages

cheekbone(English)pómulo(Español)Jochbein(Deutsch)

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 "pommette"?
"pommette" is spelled P-O-M-M-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.mɛt\.
What does "pommette" mean?
As a noun, "pommette" means: Ornement de bois ou de métal, fait en forme de petites pommes ou boules.
How do you pronounce "pommette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pommette" is \pɔ.mɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pochoirs#81,446poussais#81,452pimpante#81,438provider#81,460

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list