punissant
\py.ni.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“punissant” is uncommon French (frequency #54,188 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,188
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent du verbe punir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-punissant · punissant · French
punissant · rank #54,188 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,188
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pèsera
Nearest frequency peer: pèsera (+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 « punissant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- proxénètes
proxénètes
45,817 corpus weight
- prévienne
prévienne
45,816 corpus weight
- punissant
punissant
45,813 corpus weight
- pèsera
pèsera
45,812 corpus weight
- péan
péan
45,811 corpus weight
- qqc
qqc
45,810 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « punissant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | punissant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \py.ni.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « punissant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
punissant is uncommon French at frequency #54,188 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \py.ni.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent du verbe punir.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for punissant in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is punissant, spelled P-U-N-I-S-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent du verbe punir.
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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