pondeuse
\pɔ̃.døz\
The verdict
“pondeuse” is uncommon French (frequency #82,349 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,349
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femelle d’oiseau qui donne des œufs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pondeuse · pondeuse · French
pondeuse · rank #82,349 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,349
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH popularisation
Nearest frequency peer: popularisation (+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 « pondeuse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- polygonale
polygonale
17,656 corpus weight
- polémistes
polémistes
17,655 corpus weight
- pondeuse
pondeuse
17,652 corpus weight
- popularisat…
popularisation
17,651 corpus weight
- portos
portos
17,650 corpus weight
- potato
potato
17,649 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pondeuse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pondeuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ̃.døz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pondeuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pondeuse is uncommon French at frequency #82,349 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ̃.døz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
pondeuse has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pondeuse, spelled P-O-N-D-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Femelle d’oiseau qui donne des œufs.
- 2Femme qui donne le jour à de nombreux enfants.
- 3Celle qui produit avec une abondance excessive.
- 4Machine servant à produire des blocs de béton ou des pavés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pondeuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette poule est bonne pondeuse.
Avec son long nez, les trous de ses joues, son cou engoncé dans une fourrure, elle faisait songer à une pondeuse sur son nid, les plumes gonflées, l’œil mi-somnolent, mi-inquiet.
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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