Popov
\pɔ.pɔf\
The verdict
“Popov” is uncommon French (frequency #76,027 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,027
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Russe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-popov · Popov · French
Popov · rank #76,027 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,027
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH popol
Nearest frequency peer: popol (-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 « Popov »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- polychromie
polychromie
23,977 corpus weight
- polythéisme
polythéisme
23,976 corpus weight
- popol
popol
23,975 corpus weight
- Popov
Popov
23,974 corpus weight
- Porochenko
Porochenko
23,973 corpus weight
- potagères
potagères
23,971 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Popov » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Popov |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.pɔf\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #76,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Popov » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Popov is uncommon French at frequency #76,027 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.pɔf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Russe.".
Popov has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Popov, spelled P-O-P-O-V.
Definition
- 1Russe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Popov appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et là les amis, j’ai entendu Wagner chez les Popovs ! Les anges du Walhalla ont déferlé sur la steppe, j’en ai encore le système pileux figé !
Une explosion se produisit, et tout dans la crypte, y compris les Popov eux-mêmes, fut détruit ou tué.
Synonyms
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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