Poissy

\pwa.si\

/\pwa.si\/ name

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The verdict

“Poissy” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,980. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,980
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Yvelines.

Corpus desk

Index FR-poissy · Poissy · French

Poissy · rank #23,980 · 7 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,980
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH podiums

Nearest frequency peer: podiums (-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 « Poissy »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Poissy » 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).

Poissy vs pussy
50% similar
Poissy vs puisse
50% similar
Poissy vs pousse
50% similar

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

Key facts for Poissy
PropertyValue
HeadwordPoissy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pwa.si\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,980
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Poissy »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « podiums » (#23,979), « pom » (#23,981), « piédestal » (#23,978). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Poissy » est au #23,980. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Poissy (IPA \pwa.si\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,980 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Poissy, with forms such as "opissy", "piossy", and "poissyy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "pussy", "puisse", "pousse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Poissy, spelled P-O-I-S-S-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département des Yvelines.
  2. 2
    Canton français, situé dans le département des Yvelines.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opissy
  • piossy
  • poissyy
  • poisy
  • poisys
  • posisy
  • ppoissy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Poissy - 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.

opissy2piossy2poissyy1poisy1poisys2posisy2ppoissy1
Edit distance from "Poissy"

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 "Poissy"?
"Poissy" is spelled P-O-I-S-S-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \pwa.si\.
What does "Poissy" mean?
As a proper noun, "Poissy" means: Commune française, située dans le département des Yvelines.
What words are commonly confused with "Poissy"?
"Poissy" is commonly confused with "pussy", "puisse", "pousse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Poissy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Poissy" is \pwa.si\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Poissy" come from?
"Poissy" 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 "Poissy", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Noémie#23,962Nogent#23,960nicola#23,958périls#24,002

Similar misspelling depth

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

Ouellet7 variantspunit7 variantsnient7 variantsrayer7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list