pour

[pɔː]

/[pɔː]/ verb

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The verdict

“pour” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,799. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,799
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eingießen, einschenken

Corpus desk

Index DE-pour · pour · German

pour · rank #7,799 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,799
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Porto

Nearest frequency peer: Porto (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „pour“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „pour“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pour vs Pr
25% similar
pour vs Pu
25% similar
pour vs PUR
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pour
PropertyValue
Headwordpour
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɔː]
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,799
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „pour“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.pourliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Porto“ (#7,798), „profitiert“ (#7,800), „Pfosten“ (#7,797). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pour“ bei #7,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around pour (IPA [pɔː]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,799 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for pour, with forms such as "opur", "poru", and "pourr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Pr", "Pu", "PUR", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is pour, spelled P-O-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    eingießen, einschenken
  2. 2
    auf etwas gießen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. She pours a glass of milk.
  2. He pours water on a plant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opur
  • poru
  • pourr
  • ppour
  • puor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pour - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opur2poru2pourr1ppour1puor2
Edit distance from "pour"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pour"?
"pour" is spelled P-O-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is [pɔː].
What does "pour" mean?
As a verb, "pour" means: eingießen, einschenken
What words are commonly confused with "pour"?
"pour" is commonly confused with "Pr", "Pu", "PUR". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pour"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pour" is [pɔː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pour" come from?
"pour" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pour", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ruhr#7,804Lutz#7,788Seen#7,816Stau#7,819

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

Jude5 variantsIris5 variantsGabe5 variantsErden5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list