PSL
The verdict
“PSL” is uncommon French (frequency #54,816 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,816
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Université Paris sciences et lettres, une université française pluridisciplinaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-psl · PSL · French
PSL · rank #54,816 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,816
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH préventions
Nearest frequency peer: préventions (-2 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 « PSL »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- précitées
précitées
45,189 corpus weight
- préventions
préventions
45,187 corpus weight
- PSL
PSL
45,185 corpus weight
- puritanisme
puritanisme
45,183 corpus weight
- PVT
PVT
45,182 corpus weight
- pâtit
pâtit
45,181 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « PSL » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | PSL |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #54,816 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « PSL » en français
Rare enough to double-check
PSL is uncommon French at frequency #54,816 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Université Paris sciences et lettres, une université française pluridisciplinaire.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for PSL in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 PSL, spelled P-S-L.
Definition
- 1Université Paris sciences et lettres, une université française pluridisciplinaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how PSL appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tangram, le podcast de l’université PSL (Paris Sciences & Lettres) nous a fait l’effet d’un kaléidoscope pour les oreilles. […] Guidée par la voix du journaliste Yann Plantier, l’écoute rebondit d’expert PSL en expert PSL.
L’Université PSL couvre tous les champs du savoir et de la création : sciences, sciences humaines et sociales, ingénierie, arts.
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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