popolo

\po.ˈpo.lo\

/\po.ˈpo.lo\/ noun

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The verdict

“popolo” is uncommon French (frequency #71,805 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,805
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peuple (personnes qui partagent les mêmes coutumes).

Corpus desk

Index FR-popolo · popolo · French

popolo · rank #71,805 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,805
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH politica

Nearest frequency peer: politica (-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 « popolo »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « popolo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for popolo
PropertyValue
Headwordpopolo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\po.ˈpo.lo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#71,805
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « popolo » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).popolotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « politica » (#71,804), « Popp » (#71,806), « policies » (#71,803). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « popolo » est au #71,805. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

popolo is uncommon French at frequency #71,805 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \po.ˈpo.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for popolo in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is popolo, spelled P-O-P-O-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Peuple (personnes qui partagent les mêmes coutumes).
  2. 2
    Peuple (habitants d’un pays, par rapport aux dirigeants).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how popolo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ĝi havis membrojn en tre multaj landoj, en popoloj plej malsamaj.
  2. La popolo forte dubas, ĉu la ŝtato sukcesos procesi kontraŭ la kulpuloj, ĉar, kiel komentis en alia kunteksto seniluziiĝinta usonano: “Malliberejoj estas lokoj, kien oni sendas malriĉulojn, kiuj rompas la leĝon”.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "popolo"?
"popolo" is spelled P-O-P-O-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is \po.ˈpo.lo\.
What does "popolo" mean?
As a noun, "popolo" means: Peuple (personnes qui partagent les mêmes coutumes).
How do you pronounce "popolo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "popolo" is \po.ˈpo.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "popolo" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "popolo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Potvin#71,812parlai#71,770Rabier#71,844raphia#71,849

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list