peuples

/\pœpl\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,156

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

peuples is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de peuple. Pronounced \pœpl\. It ranks #3,156 in French word frequency. Often confused with poules and poupées.

Key facts for peuples
PropertyValue
Headwordpeuples
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pœpl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,156
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of peuples in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for peuples is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pœpl\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,156 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de peuple.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for peuples, with forms such as "epuples", "pepules", and "peulpes". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "poules", "poupées", "peuplier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is peuples, spelled P-E-U-P-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de peuple.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epuples,pepules,peulpes,peupels,peupless,peuplles,peuplse,peupples,ppeuples,pueples

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for peuples

Misspelling Variants of "peuples"

epuples7pepules7peulpes7peupels7peupless8peuplles8peuplse7peupples8
Misspelling Variants of "peuples"

Frequency rank: #3,156 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "peuples"?
"peuples" is spelled P-E-U-P-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pœpl\.
What does "peuples" mean?
As a noun, "peuples" means: Pluriel de peuple.
What words are commonly confused with "peuples"?
"peuples" is commonly confused with "poules", "poupées", "peuplier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "peuples"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peuples" is \pœpl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "peuples" come from?
"peuples" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.