Poppée
The verdict
“Poppée” is uncommon French (frequency #89,013 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,013
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Seconde épouse de l’empereur romain Néron.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poppee · Poppée · French
Poppée · rank #89,013 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,013
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH Popincourt
Nearest frequency peer: Popincourt (-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 « Poppée »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- polyèdres
polyèdres
10,991 corpus weight
- Popincourt
Popincourt
10,989 corpus weight
- Poppée
Poppée
10,988 corpus weight
- porcinet
porcinet
10,987 corpus weight
- Pourim
Pourim
10,986 corpus weight
- pratiquera
pratiquera
10,985 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Poppée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Poppée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,013 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Poppée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Poppée is uncommon French at frequency #89,013 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Seconde épouse de l’empereur romain Néron.".
Poppée doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Poppée, spelled P-O-P-P-É-E.
Definition
- 1Seconde épouse de l’empereur romain Néron.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Poppée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est à Poppée, femme de Néron, qu’on attribue l’emploi de ce masque , qu’elle inventa pour préserver la délicatesse de son teint du hâle et de l’ardeur du soleil.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).