Peuls

\pøl\

/\pøl\/ name

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The verdict

“Peuls” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,513. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,513
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ethnie d’Afrique de l’Ouest.

Corpus desk

Index FR-peuls · Peuls · French

Peuls · rank #47,513 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,513
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pew

Nearest frequency peer: pew (+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 « Peuls »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Peuls » 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).

Peuls vs pus
40% similar
Peuls vs PLS
20% similar
Peuls vs plus
40% similar

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

Key facts for Peuls
PropertyValue
HeadwordPeuls
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pøl\
Letters5
Frequency rank#47,513
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Peuls »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Peulsse 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 « pew » (#47,514), « Petersen » (#47,511), « picarde » (#47,515). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Peuls » est au #47,513. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Peuls (IPA \pøl\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,513 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ethnie d’Afrique de l’Ouest.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Peuls, with forms such as "epuls", "pelus", and "peulls". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pus", "PLS", "plus", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Peuls, spelled P-E-U-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ethnie d’Afrique de l’Ouest.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Car, bien avant la colonisation occidentale et chrétienne, les Peuls, même s’ils ne s’en vantent pas, ont participé à la traite des esclaves, ont conquis toute la bande sahélienne par la force de l’épée sous le prétexte du djihad, sont devenus les plus puissants et les plus riches et, de ce fait, considèrent tous les autres peuples comme inférieurs.

Synonyms

FoulahFoulbéFoulbésFulɓe

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epuls
  • pelus
  • peulls
  • peulss
  • peusl
  • ppeuls
  • puels

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Peuls - 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.

epuls2pelus2peulls1peulss1peusl2ppeuls1puels2
Edit distance from "Peuls"

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 "Peuls"?
"Peuls" is spelled P-E-U-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pøl\.
What does "Peuls" mean?
As a proper noun, "Peuls" means: Ethnie d’Afrique de l’Ouest.
What words are commonly confused with "Peuls"?
"Peuls" is commonly confused with "pus", "PLS", "plus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Peuls"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Peuls" is \pøl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Peuls" come from?
"Peuls" 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 "Peuls", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

panic#47,494oulah#47,492ramen#47,548Maura#47,447

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

mottes7 variantslirez7 variantslibro7 variantssenat7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list