pugilat
\py.ʒi.la\
The verdict
“pugilat” is uncommon French (frequency #61,066 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,066
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Combat à coups de poing qui était en usage dans les gymnases des anciens.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pugilat · pugilat · French
pugilat · rank #61,066 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,066
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH Puebla
Nearest frequency peer: Puebla (-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 « pugilat »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- psychanalyt…
psychanalytiques
38,938 corpus weight
- pudiquement
pudiquement
38,937 corpus weight
- Puebla
Puebla
38,936 corpus weight
- pugilat
pugilat
38,935 corpus weight
- punisse
punisse
38,934 corpus weight
- punitives
punitives
38,933 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pugilat » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pugilat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \py.ʒi.la\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,066 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pugilat » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pugilat is uncommon French at frequency #61,066 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \py.ʒi.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
pugilat doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pugilat, spelled P-U-G-I-L-A-T.
Definition
- 1Combat à coups de poing qui était en usage dans les gymnases des anciens.
- 2Toute lutte à coups de poing ; rixe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pugilat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les bras des athlètes étaient armés de cestes dans l’exercice du pugilat.
Dans un coin, la buvette accueillait, toujours ceux qui avaient essuyé quelques refus et les consolait par une ou deux tournées de « blanc-limé », du vin blanc avec un peu de limonade, ce qui finissait par énerver, et transformait la piste de danse, en ring de pugilat, il fallait bien que jeunesse se passe.
This word in other languages
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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