Punjab
\pun.ʒab\
The verdict
“Punjab” is uncommon French (frequency #82,374 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,374
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de Pendjab.
Corpus desk
Index FR-punjab · Punjab · French
Punjab · rank #82,374 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,374
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH publis
Nearest frequency peer: publis (-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 « Punjab »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- préservera
préservera
17,631 corpus weight
- prétexter
prétexter
17,630 corpus weight
- publis
publis
17,628 corpus weight
- Punjab
Punjab
17,627 corpus weight
- purifiant
purifiant
17,625 corpus weight
- pétrolifère
pétrolifère
17,623 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Punjab » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Punjab |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pun.ʒab\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,374 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Punjab » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Punjab is uncommon French at frequency #82,374 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pun.ʒab\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de Pendjab.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Punjab in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Punjab, spelled P-U-N-J-A-B.
Definition
- 1Variante de Pendjab.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Punjab appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans l’infanterie, la proportion réglementaire est de deux tiers d’Hindous et un tiers de musulmans. Depuis la conquête du Punjab, on admet les Sicks dans la proportion d’un dixième, soit une compagnie par régiment. Les soldats d’infanterie appartiennent aux castes des brahmes, rajpoots, choutries, gwallahs ou pasteurs ; ces derniers donnent des soldats f…
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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