peureuse

\pœ.ʁøz\

/\pœ.ʁøz\/ noun

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The verdict

“peureuse” is uncommon French (frequency #70,102 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,102
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme ou fille peureuse, craintive, facilement effrayée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-peureuse · peureuse · French

peureuse · rank #70,102 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,102
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pesants

Nearest frequency peer: pesants (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « peureuse »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « peureuse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for peureuse
PropertyValue
Headwordpeureuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pœ.ʁøz\
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,102
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « peureuse » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.peureusetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « pesants » (#70,101), « pharaoniques » (#70,103), « phobique » (#70,104). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « peureuse » est au #70,102. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

peureuse is uncommon French at frequency #70,102 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pœ.ʁøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femme ou fille peureuse, craintive, facilement effrayée.".

peureuse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is peureuse, spelled P-E-U-R-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme ou fille peureuse, craintive, facilement effrayée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Une peureuse qui passait ces journées à luster une maison déjà si propre, convenue et décorée sans goût.

Synonyms

couardecouille mollefaiblefroussardemauviettemoumounepéteusepétochardepleutrepoltronnepoule mouilléepusillanimetrouillarde

Antonyms

bravecourageuse

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 "peureuse"?
"peureuse" is spelled P-E-U-R-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pœ.ʁøz\.
What does "peureuse" mean?
As a noun, "peureuse" means: Femme ou fille peureuse, craintive, facilement effrayée.
How do you pronounce "peureuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "peureuse" is \pœ.ʁøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

phobique#70,104pectoral#70,093poiriers#70,118ordinary#70,078

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list