pusillanime
\py.zi.la.nim\
The verdict
“pusillanime” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui manque de courage, de caractère ; qui fuit les responsabilités.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pusillanime · pusillanime · French
pusillanime · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | pusillanime |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \py.zi.la.nim\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pusillanime is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \py.zi.la.nim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui manque de courage, de caractère ; qui fuit les responsabilités.".
Zero misspellings are on record for pusillanime in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 pusillanime, spelled P-U-S-I-L-L-A-N-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1Qui manque de courage, de caractère ; qui fuit les responsabilités.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pusillanime appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je hais ces cœurs pusillanimes qui, pour trop prévoir les suites des choses, n’osent rien entreprendre.
Dans tout ce qu'on entreprend, il faut donner les deux tiers à la raison, et l'autre tiers au hasard. Augmentez la première fraction, et vous serez pusillanime. Augmentez la seconde, vous serez téméraire.
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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.