populo
\pɔ.py.lo\
The verdict
“populo” is uncommon French (frequency #77,804 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,804
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peuple, en particulier en tant que classe sociale, classes populaires, classes laborieuses ; populace, foule, multitude.
Corpus desk
Index FR-populo · populo · French
populo · rank #77,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,804
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH porteras
Nearest frequency peer: porteras (+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 « populo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pointez
pointez
22,201 corpus weight
- poivrer
poivrer
22,199 corpus weight
- populo
populo
22,197 corpus weight
- porteras
porteras
22,196 corpus weight
- posséda
posséda
22,195 corpus weight
- poudrier
poudrier
22,194 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « populo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | populo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.py.lo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « populo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
populo is uncommon French at frequency #77,804 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.py.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Peuple, en particulier en tant que classe sociale, classes populaires, classes laborieuses ; populace, foule, multitude.".
populo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is populo, spelled P-O-P-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1Peuple, en particulier en tant que classe sociale, classes populaires, classes laborieuses ; populace, foule, multitude.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how populo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un salaire aussi misérable, c’est se foutre du populo.
Les vociférations crapuleuses de cette chamelle en délire emplissaient maintenant la rue, inondaient la place voisine, montaient jusqu’aux toits, faisaient tressaillir profondément le populo.
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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