Publius
The verdict
“Publius” is uncommon French (frequency #66,262 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,262
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-publius · Publius · French
Publius · rank #66,262 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,262
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH publierons
Nearest frequency peer: publierons (-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 « Publius »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- préaux
préaux
33,742 corpus weight
- publierons
publierons
33,740 corpus weight
- Publius
Publius
33,739 corpus weight
- pugnacité
pugnacité
33,738 corpus weight
- pustule
pustule
33,737 corpus weight
- pénalisée
pénalisée
33,736 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Publius » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Publius |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,262 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Publius » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Publius is uncommon French at frequency #66,262 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Publius doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Publius, spelled P-U-B-L-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Publius appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Publius Cornelius Scipio (IIIe siècle av. J.-C.)
Publius Ovidius Naso (43 av. J.-C. — 17 apr. J.-C.)
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).