poivre

\pwavʁ\

/\pwavʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“poivre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,209. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,209
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épice obtenue à partir des baies de quatre espèces de poivriers, plantes de la famille des Piperaceae (Pipéracées).

Corpus desk

Index FR-poivre · poivre · French

poivre · rank #10,209 · 8 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,209
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pipi

Nearest frequency peer: pipi (-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 « poivre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « poivre » 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).

poivre vs privé
50% similar
poivre vs privée
67% similar
poivre vs prière
67% similar

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

Key facts for poivre
PropertyValue
Headwordpoivre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pwavʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,209
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poivre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).poivrese 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 « pipi » (#10,208), « politicien » (#10,210), « permets » (#10,207). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poivre » est au #10,209. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around poivre (IPA \pwavʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,209 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for poivre, with forms such as "opivre", "piovre", and "poirve". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "privé", "privée", "prière", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is poivre, spelled P-O-I-V-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Épice obtenue à partir des baies de quatre espèces de poivriers, plantes de la famille des Piperaceae (Pipéracées).
  2. 2
    Nom donné à divers épices au goût prononcé, piquant mais qui ne sont pas issu d’un poivrier (genre Piper).→ voir faux-poivre
  3. 3
    Poison.
  4. 4
    Eau-de-vie.
  5. 5
    Personne alcoolique, poivrot.
  6. 6
    Valeur secrète utilisée pour chiffrer, et stockée dans le code.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mettre du poivre dans une sauce.
  2. C’est eux également qui importèrent le poivre, condiment devenu si rare, qu’on l’utilisa comme monnaie.

This word in other languages

pepper(English)pimienta(Español)Pfeffer(Deutsch)pimenta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opivre
  • piovre
  • poirve
  • poiver
  • poivrre
  • poivvre
  • povire
  • ppoivre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poivre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opivre2piovre2poirve2poiver2poivrre1poivvre1povire2ppoivre1
Edit distance from "poivre"

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 "poivre"?
"poivre" is spelled P-O-I-V-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pwavʁ\.
What does "poivre" mean?
As a noun, "poivre" means: Épice obtenue à partir des baies de quatre espèces de poivriers, plantes de la famille des Piperaceae (Pipéracées).
What words are commonly confused with "poivre"?
"poivre" is commonly confused with "privé", "privée", "prière". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poivre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poivre" is \pwavʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poivre" come from?
"poivre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

relier#10,222Merkel#10,193Rwanda#10,231lapins#10,185

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

isolée8 variantsincite8 variantsadapte8 variantsamélie8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list