poesia

Name: poesia, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\pɔ.e.ˈzi.a\

/\pɔ.e.ˈzi.a\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“poesia” is uncommon French (frequency #97,292 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,292
frequency rank, French: 248,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Poésie, art de faire des ouvrages en vers.

Key facts for poesia
Property	Value
Headword	poesia
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\pɔ.e.ˈzi.a\
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#97,292
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “poesia” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). poesia lands here:

#97,292

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

poesia is uncommon French at frequency #97,292 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.e.ˈzi.a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

poesia has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is poesia, spelled P-O-E-S-I-A.

Definition

1
Poésie, art de faire des ouvrages en vers.
2
Poésie, corpus d’œuvres poétiques partageant une caractéristique thématique, géographique, historique, etc.
3
Poésie, dimension poétique (qui fait appel à un sens de l’esthétique et à des formes figurées) d’un ouvrage en prose.
4
Poésie, ce qu’il y a d’élevé, de touchant dans une œuvre, dans le caractère ou la beauté d’une personne, dans les aspects de la nature ou dans une situation.
5
Poésie, ensemble des ouvrages en vers composés dans une langue, ou selon leurs caractères communs les plus généraux, ou des traits auxquels se reconnaît la manière d’un poète.

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 "poesia"?

"poesia" is spelled P-O-E-S-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.e.ˈzi.a\.

What does "poesia" mean?

As a noun, "poesia" means: Poésie, art de faire des ouvrages en vers.

How do you pronounce "poesia"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poesia" is \pɔ.e.ˈzi.a\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "poesia" come from?

"poesia" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “poesia”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is P-O-E-S-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.