poncelet
\pɔ̃s.lɛ\
The verdict
“poncelet” is uncommon French (frequency #51,667 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,667
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit pont.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poncelet · poncelet · French
poncelet · rank #51,667 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,667
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH polyéthylène
Nearest frequency peer: polyéthylène (-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 « poncelet »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pluspart
pluspart
48,337 corpus weight
- polygones
polygones
48,336 corpus weight
- polyéthylène
polyéthylène
48,335 corpus weight
- poncelet
poncelet
48,334 corpus weight
- poncho
poncho
48,333 corpus weight
- porcherie
porcherie
48,332 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « poncelet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poncelet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ̃s.lɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « poncelet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poncelet is uncommon French at frequency #51,667 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ̃s.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit pont.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for poncelet, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is poncelet, spelled P-O-N-C-E-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Petit pont.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how poncelet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On voyait les musiciens, en bel ordre, gravir le poncelet qui, par-dessus les eaux graisseuses du Saleys.
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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