pudendum
The verdict
“pudendum” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parties génitales des deux sexes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pudendum · pudendum · French
pudendum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pudendum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pudendum » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pudendum is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parties génitales des deux sexes.".
No misspelling variants are generated for pudendum in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pudendum, spelled P-U-D-E-N-D-U-M.
Definition
- 1Parties génitales des deux sexes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pudendum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pudendum, est un terme dont on se sert quelquefois en médecine, pour exprimer les parties naturelles, tant de l’homme que de la femme ; ainsi pudendum virile est synonyme de penis, & pudendum muliebre, de cunnus.
Au bout de vingt-quatre fleures, selle peu copieuse, dure et en morceaux. Avant d’aller à la selle, traction qui part de l’anus et traverse le pudendum (au bout de vingt-deux jours). En allant à la selle, tiraillement qui remonte du pudendum dans le ventre (au bout de vingt-deux jours).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.