Poulidor
\pu.li.dɔʁ\
The verdict
“Poulidor” is uncommon French (frequency #97,298 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,298
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille français, surtout connu pour Raymond Poulidor
Corpus desk
Index FR-poulidor · Poulidor · French
Poulidor · rank #97,298 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,298
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH potentiomètre
Nearest frequency peer: potentiomètre (-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 « Poulidor »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Popovich
Popovich
2,707 corpus weight
- postmodernes
postmodernes
2,705 corpus weight
- potentiomèt…
potentiomètre
2,704 corpus weight
- Poulidor
Poulidor
2,703 corpus weight
- pourchassant
pourchassant
2,702 corpus weight
- pousserai
pousserai
2,701 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Poulidor » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Poulidor |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pu.li.dɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,298 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Poulidor » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Poulidor is uncommon French at frequency #97,298 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pu.li.dɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille français, surtout connu pour Raymond Poulidor".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Poulidor, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Poulidor, spelled P-O-U-L-I-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille français, surtout connu pour Raymond Poulidor
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Poulidor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En effet, sitôt l’incident survenu, Jacques Goddet stoppe sa voiture derrière Poulidor et l’ensemble des voitures suiveuses l’imite.
Synonyms
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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