poisson missionnaire
\pwa.sɔ̃ mi.sjɔ.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“poisson missionnaire” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonyme de guppy (poisson).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poisson missionnaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pwa.sɔ̃ mi.sjɔ.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “poisson missionnaire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for poisson missionnaire is 20 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pwa.sɔ̃ mi.sjɔ.nɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Synonyme de guppy (poisson).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for poisson missionnaire, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is poisson missionnaire, spelled P-O-I-S-S-O-N- -M-I-S-S-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de guppy (poisson).
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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-I-S-S-O-N- -M-I-S-S-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pwa.sɔ̃ mi.sjɔ.nɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.