Potvin

\pɔt.vɛ̃\

/\pɔt.vɛ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Potvin” is uncommon French (frequency #71,812 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,812
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-potvin · Potvin · French

Potvin · rank #71,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,812
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Potomac

Nearest frequency peer: Potomac (-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 « Potvin »

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 « Potvin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Potvin
PropertyValue
HeadwordPotvin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pɔt.vɛ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#71,812
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Potvin » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Potvintombe 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: « Potomac » (#71,811), « posterais » (#71,810), « poussoir » (#71,814). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Potvin » est au #71,812. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Potvin is uncommon French at frequency #71,812 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pɔt.vɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Potvin, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Potvin, spelled P-O-T-V-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

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 "Potvin"?
"Potvin" is spelled P-O-T-V-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔt.vɛ̃\.
What does "Potvin" mean?
As a proper noun, "Potvin" means: Nom de famille.
How do you pronounce "Potvin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Potvin" is \pɔt.vɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Potvin" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

popolo#71,805Rabier#71,844raphia#71,849Rasmus#71,851

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list