pubescent
\py.bɛ.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“pubescent” is uncommon French (frequency #87,989 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,989
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Portant des poils fins plus ou moins espacés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pubescent · pubescent · French
pubescent · rank #87,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,989
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH psalmodie
Nearest frequency peer: psalmodie (-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 « pubescent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- présenterais
présenterais
12,015 corpus weight
- psalmiste
psalmiste
12,014 corpus weight
- psalmodie
psalmodie
12,013 corpus weight
- pubescent
pubescent
12,012 corpus weight
- punchy
punchy
12,011 corpus weight
- pèlerine
pèlerine
12,010 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pubescent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pubescent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \py.bɛ.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pubescent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pubescent is uncommon French at frequency #87,989 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \py.bɛ.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Portant des poils fins plus ou moins espacés.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pubescent in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pubescent, spelled P-U-B-E-S-C-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Portant des poils fins plus ou moins espacés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pubescent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tige pubescente.
Feuilles pubescentes.
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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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