abus de pouvoir

\a.by d(ə) pu.vwaʁ\

/\a.by d(ə) pu.vwaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“abus de pouvoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Situation où une personne exerce une autorité qu'elle détient au-delà de ce qui est prévu, raisonnable ou acceptable pour forcer autrui à faire quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abus-de-pouvoir · abus de pouvoir · French

abus de pouvoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" 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.

Key facts for abus de pouvoir
PropertyValue
Headwordabus de pouvoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.by d(ə) pu.vwaʁ\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “abus de pouvoir” sits in French frequency

abus de pouvoir falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abus de pouvoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.by d(ə) pu.vwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

abus de pouvoir has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is abus de pouvoir, spelled A-B-U-S- -D-E- -P-O-U-V-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Situation où une personne exerce une autorité qu'elle détient au-delà de ce qui est prévu, raisonnable ou acceptable pour forcer autrui à faire quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Acte d’un fonctionnaire qui outrepasse son autorité.

This word in other languages

abuso de poder(Español)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abus de pouvoir"?
"abus de pouvoir" is spelled A-B-U-S- -D-E- -P-O-U-V-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.by d(ə) pu.vwaʁ\.
What does "abus de pouvoir" mean?
As a noun, "abus de pouvoir" means: Situation où une personne exerce une autorité qu'elle détient au-delà de ce qui est prévu, raisonnable ou acceptable pour forcer autrui à faire quelque chose.
How do you pronounce "abus de pouvoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abus de pouvoir" is \a.by d(ə) pu.vwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abus de pouvoir" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list