pauvre

\povʁ\

/\povʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“pauvre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,205. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,205
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est dans la pauvreté ; qui ne dispose pas de ressources suffisantes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pauvre · pauvre · French

pauvre · rank #1,205 · 8 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,205
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH oublier

Nearest frequency peer: oublier (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pauvre »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « pauvre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

pauvre vs pure
67% similar
pauvre vs pavé
50% similar
pauvre vs pavie
67% similar

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

Key facts for pauvre
PropertyValue
Headwordpauvre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\povʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,205
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pauvre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pauvrese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « oublier » (#1,204), « propres » (#1,206), « John » (#1,203). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pauvre » est au #1,205. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around pauvre (IPA \povʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,205 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pauvre, with forms such as "apuvre", "paurve", and "pauver". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "pure", "pavé", "pavie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pauvre, spelled P-A-U-V-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est dans la pauvreté ; qui ne dispose pas de ressources suffisantes.
  2. 2
    Qui dénote la pauvreté.
  3. 3
    Qui ne renferme, ne dispose que de peu de quelque chose.
  4. 4
    Qui inspire la pitié, la compassion.
  5. 5
    Qui inspire la pitié, la compassion.
  6. 6
    Qui inspire le mépris.
  7. 7
    Mort, décédé.
  8. 8
    Sans variété ; sans subtilité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais quand donc les a-t-il achetées ? Et avec quoi ? Il disait tantôt qu’il était pauvre, qu’il n’avait pas d’argent.
  2. Ma femme aurait désiré être riche, et voilà que j’étais pauvre, avec mes petits appointements de deux mille francs.

Synonyms

indigentmisérablemiséreuxsans le soufauchésans-dentspitoyablemaupiteuxpathétiquedérisoire

This word in other languages

poor(English)pobre(Español)arm(Deutsch)pobre(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apuvre
  • paurve
  • pauver
  • pauvrre
  • pauvvre
  • pavure
  • ppauvre
  • puavre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pauvre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

apuvre2paurve2pauver2pauvrre1pauvvre1pavure2ppauvre1puavre2
Edit distance from "pauvre"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pauvre"?
"pauvre" is spelled P-A-U-V-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \povʁ\.
What does "pauvre" mean?
As an adjective, "pauvre" means: Qui est dans la pauvreté ; qui ne dispose pas de ressources suffisantes.
What words are commonly confused with "pauvre"?
"pauvre" is commonly confused with "pure", "pavé", "pavie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pauvre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pauvre" is \povʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pauvre" come from?
"pauvre" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

regard#1,207élèves#1,195ouvrir#1,186Marine#1,185

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

débat8 variantsdrôle8 variantsdossier8 variantsvitesse8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list