poncho
\pont͡ʃo\
The verdict
“poncho” is uncommon French (frequency #51,668 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,668
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lâche, mou, peureux, paresseux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poncho · poncho · French
poncho · rank #51,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,668
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH poncelet
Nearest frequency peer: poncelet (-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 « poncho »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- postmoderne
postmoderne
48,331 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « poncho » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poncho |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pont͡ʃo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,668 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « poncho » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poncho is uncommon French at frequency #51,668 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pont͡ʃo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
poncho doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is poncho, spelled P-O-N-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Lâche, mou, peureux, paresseux.
- 2Dont la queue est courte.
- 3Court, en parlant des cheveux ou d’un vêtement.
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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