pullover
\py.lo.vɛʁ\
The verdict
“pullover” 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) - Variante orthographique de pull-over.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pullover · pullover · French
pullover · 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 | pullover |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \py.lo.vɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pullover » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pullover is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \py.lo.vɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de pull-over.".
Zero misspellings are on record for pullover in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pullover, spelled P-U-L-L-O-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de pull-over.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pullover appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si, c’est bien lui, très élégant en veste et pullover fin à col roulé, et qui s’exclame devant les chrysanthèmes rouges de Monet : « C’est fantastique, extraordinaire, celui-là je ne le connaissais pas ! » Je le comprends.
Après l'enlèvement du père de Tamara, Angélica lui tricotait des pullovers, l'imaginant dans une froide prison du sud, les vêtements s’accumulaient et devant ces piles de pullovers inutiles, l'espoir s’amenuisait […].
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.