poètes

\pɔ.ɛt\

/\pɔ.ɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“poètes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,602. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,602
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de poète.

Corpus desk

Index FR-poetes · poètes · French

poètes · rank #8,602 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,602
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pourvoir

Nearest frequency peer: pourvoir (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « poètes »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « poètes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

poètes vs pote
67% similar
poètes vs pots
67% similar
poètes vs porte
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for poètes
PropertyValue
Headwordpoètes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.ɛt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,602
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poètes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.poètesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pourvoir » (#8,601), « précieuse » (#8,603), « possédait » (#8,600). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poètes » est au #8,602. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around poètes (IPA \pɔ.ɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,602 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de poète.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for poètes, with forms such as "opètes", "poetes", and "potèes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pote", "pots", "porte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 poètes, spelled P-O-È-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de poète.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il faut le rappeler, la liturgie de l’Église orthodoxe est vivante, ne cessant de s’enrichir continuellement de nouveaux hymnes, composés par des poètes et des musiciens de notre temps, selon des usages multiséculaires.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opètes
  • poetes
  • potèes
  • poèets
  • poètess
  • poètse
  • poèttes
  • ppoètes
  • pèotes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poètes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

opètes2poetes1potèes2poèets2poètess1poètse2poèttes1ppoètes1
Edit distance from "poètes"

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 "poètes"?
"poètes" is spelled P-O-È-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.ɛt\.
What does "poètes" mean?
As a noun, "poètes" means: Pluriel de poète.
What words are commonly confused with "poètes"?
"poètes" is commonly confused with "pote", "pots", "porte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poètes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poètes" is \pɔ.ɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poètes" come from?
"poètes" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

sommaire9 variantsMohammed9 variantsLausanne9 variantsvenons9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list