poule
/puːl/noun
poule is spelled P-O-U-L-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, poule means “A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of poule is poules.
How many letters and syllables are in poule?
| Letters | 5: P-O-U-L-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 159,707th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 poule?
Poule appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th 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 poule?
- UK /puːl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-poule.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with poule?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as poule from its last stressed vowel (/ul/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: loupe.
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 poule
- poules plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does poule mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.
- 2
Alternative form of pool.
- 3
obsoleteObsolete form of pool (in various senses).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does poule come from?
Borrowed from French poule, from Latin pullus, pulla.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).