poseur
/pəʊˈzʊə(ɹ)/noun
poseur is spelled P-O-S-E-U-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, poseur means “One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of poseur is poseurs.
How many letters and syllables are in poseur?
| Letters | 6: P-O-S-E-U-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is poseur?
Poseur appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce poseur?
- /pəʊˈzʊə(ɹ)/
- /pəʊˈzɜː(ɹ)/
Poseur has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-poseur.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with poseur?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as poseur.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: souper.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of poseur
- poseurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does poseur mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
He pretends he's an artist, but he's just a poseur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Poseur in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to imp:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | poseur, poseuse, crâneur, crâneuse |
| German | Angeber, Angeberin, Poser, Poserin, Poseur, Poseurin |
| Spanish | posero, póser, purapinta |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does poseur come from?
Borrowed from French poseur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).