peus
\ˈpews\
The verdict
“peus” is uncommon French (frequency #76,001 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,001
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de peu.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈpews\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #76,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “peus” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
peus is uncommon French at frequency #76,001 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈpews\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de peu.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for peus, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 peus, spelled P-E-U-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de peu.
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 “peus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈpews\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.