ponceuse
\pɔ̃.søz\
The verdict
“ponceuse” is uncommon French (frequency #91,044 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,044
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Machine utilisée pour poncer une surface.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ponceuse · ponceuse · French
ponceuse · rank #91,044 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,044
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pommard
Nearest frequency peer: pommard (-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 « ponceuse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- plénier
plénier
8,961 corpus weight
- pommard
pommard
8,958 corpus weight
- ponceuse
ponceuse
8,957 corpus weight
- ponctuant
ponctuant
8,956 corpus weight
- postillon
postillon
8,955 corpus weight
- postulation
postulation
8,954 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ponceuse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ponceuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ̃.søz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,044 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ponceuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ponceuse is uncommon French at frequency #91,044 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ̃.søz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ponceuse in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 ponceuse, spelled P-O-N-C-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Machine utilisée pour poncer une surface.
- 2Celle qui ponce.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ponceuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La bande abrasive d’une ponceuse tourne continuellement, si bien que vous devez toujours déplacer la machine à la même vitesse. Si vous immobilisez la ponceuse quelques instants, elle fera son trou jusqu’au garage.
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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