poisson-loup
\pwa.sɔ̃ lu\
The verdict
“poisson-loup” 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) - Poisson membre du genre Anarhichas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poisson-loup · poisson-loup · French
poisson-loup · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | poisson-loup |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwa.sɔ̃ lu\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
poisson-loup is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pwa.sɔ̃ lu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for poisson-loup in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 poisson-loup, spelled P-O-I-S-S-O-N---L-O-U-P.
Definition
- 1Poisson membre du genre Anarhichas.
- 2Synonyme de loup de l’Atlantique (poisson).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.