panure

\pa.nyʁ\

/\pa.nyʁ\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Miettes de pain dont on saupoudre certains aliments (escalopes, par exemple), avant de les faire cuire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-panure · panure · French

panure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for panure
PropertyValue
Headwordpanure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.nyʁ\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « panure » en français

panuren'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

panure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.nyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for panure, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is panure, spelled P-A-N-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Miettes de pain dont on saupoudre certains aliments (escalopes, par exemple), avant de les faire cuire.
  2. 2
    Genre d'oiseaux passereaux de la famille des panuridés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La panure est de la mie de pain finement émiettée, et destinée à former une croûte plus ou moins épaisse autour des objets qu’elle enveloppe.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "panure"?
"panure" is spelled P-A-N-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.nyʁ\.
What does "panure" mean?
As a noun, "panure" means: Miettes de pain dont on saupoudre certains aliments (escalopes, par exemple), avant de les faire cuire.
How do you pronounce "panure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "panure" is \pa.nyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "panure" come from?
"panure" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list