plum-pudding
\plœm.pu.diŋ\
The verdict
“plum-pudding” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pudding aux fruits secs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-plum-pudding · plum-pudding · French
plum-pudding · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plum-pudding |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plœm.pu.diŋ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
plum-pudding is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \plœm.pu.diŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pudding aux fruits secs.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for plum-pudding in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is plum-pudding, spelled P-L-U-M---P-U-D-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Pudding aux fruits secs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plum-pudding appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y eut des plats à ravir la pensée !… des nouilles d’une délicatesse inédite, une féra de Genève à la vraie sauce genevoise, et une crème pour plum-pudding à étonner le fameux docteur qui l’a, dit-on, inventée à Londres.
Non ! rien ne resta de ce déjeuner dînatoire, ni des trois services, ni du dessert, bien que le plum-pudding au riz fût énorme, et qu’il y eût une tarte aux groseilles par personne avec des bottes de céleris crus.
This word in other languages
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