peuple
\pœpl\
The verdict
“peuple” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #809 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #809
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Multitude d’humains qui, vivant habituellement ensemble, partagent les mêmes coutumes.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peuple |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pœpl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “peuple” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for peuple is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pœpl\. Corpus data places it at rank #809 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for peuple, with forms such as "epuple", "pepule", and "peulpe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "poule", "poupe", "poupée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is peuple, spelled P-E-U-P-L-E.
Definition
- 1Multitude d’humains qui, vivant habituellement ensemble, partagent les mêmes coutumes.
- 2Habitants d’un État composé de diverses provinces, dont plusieurs ont été réunies par la conquête ou autrement, et sont régies par des lois, des coutumes particulières.
- 3Population fixe d’un pays, en ce qu’elle forme un ensemble, un tout solidaire sous le même gouvernement.
- 4Multitude d’humains qui n’habitent pas le même pays, mais qui ont une même origine, une même religion, etc.
- 5Population d’une même ville, d’un même bourg, d’un même village.
- 6Partie définie de la nation, considérée au point de vue social et politique.
- 7Partie la moins notable, la moins cultivée ou la moins riche des habitants d’une même ville, d’un même pays.
- 8Grand nombre de personnes considérées sous des aspects qui leur sont communs.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epuple,pepule,peulpe,peupel,peuplle,peupple,ppeuple,pueple
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of peuple - 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.
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.
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Using “peuple”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-U-P-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pœpl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “poule” - see the side-by-side comparison. peuple vs poule
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.