poires

\pwaʁ\

/\pwaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“poires” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,649. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,649
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-poires · poires · French

poires · rank #23,649 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,649
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pneumatiques

Nearest frequency peer: pneumatiques (-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 « poires »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « poires » 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).

poires vs près
50% similar
poires vs pois
67% similar
poires vs potes
67% similar

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

Key facts for poires
PropertyValue
Headwordpoires
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pwaʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,649
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poires »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).poiresse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pneumatiques » (#23,648), « plug » (#23,647), « pornos » (#23,651). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poires » est au #23,649. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around poires (IPA \pwaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,649 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de poire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for poires, with forms such as "opires", "piores", and "poiers". 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, "près", "pois", "potes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is poires, spelled P-O-I-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de poire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Par éviscération abdominale, le légiste (aidé d’une brigade de mitrons) dénombra par ordre d’entrée en scène : 18 tartelettes amandines, 26 pets-de-nonne, 13 paris-brest, 8 polonaises, 3 apfelstrudels, 1 demi saint-honoré, 5 poires Bourdaloue, 6 religieuses, 34 profiteroles, 3 quarts de kugelhopf, 1 brioche à la parisienne, 1 cake à l’ancienne, 3 babas au…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opires
  • piores
  • poiers
  • poiress
  • poirres
  • poirse
  • ppoires

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poires - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

opires2piores2poiers2poiress1poirres1poirse2ppoires1
Edit distance from "poires"

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 "poires"?
"poires" is spelled P-O-I-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pwaʁ\.
What does "poires" mean?
As a noun, "poires" means: Pluriel de poire.
What words are commonly confused with "poires"?
"poires" is commonly confused with "près", "pois", "potes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poires"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poires" is \pwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poires" come from?
"poires" 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 "poires", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

pornos#23,651purent#23,663rebord#23,667opéras#23,630

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

papas7 variantsoméga7 variantsmerah7 variantssquad7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list