Pontorson
The verdict
“Pontorson” is uncommon French (frequency #95,175 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,175
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Manche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pontorson · Pontorson · French
Pontorson · rank #95,175 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,175
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH ponctionne
Nearest frequency peer: ponctionne (-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 « Pontorson »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- poivrez
poivrez
4,830 corpus weight
- policée
policée
4,829 corpus weight
- ponctionne
ponctionne
4,827 corpus weight
- Pontorson
Pontorson
4,826 corpus weight
- Portishead
Portishead
4,825 corpus weight
- portus
portus
4,824 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Pontorson » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pontorson |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Pontorson » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Pontorson is uncommon French at frequency #95,175 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Pontorson has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Pontorson, spelled P-O-N-T-O-R-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Manche.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département de la Manche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Pontorson appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Questambert [sic], Pontorson, risibles et naïfs, plumes blanches et becs jaunes éparpillés sur la route de ces lieux fluviatiles et poétiques.
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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