poker

\pɔ.kɛʁ\

/\pɔ.kɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“poker” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,441. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,441
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeu de cartes où chaque joueur doit former la meilleure combinaison possible de cinq cartes, selon la hiérarchie des mains de poker.

Corpus desk

Index FR-poker · poker · French

poker · rank #8,441 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,441
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pots

Nearest frequency peer: pots (+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 « poker »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « poker » 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).

poker vs por
60% similar
poker vs pour
60% similar
poker vs pose
60% similar

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

Key facts for poker
PropertyValue
Headwordpoker
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.kɛʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,441
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poker »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pokerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pots » (#8,442), « plateformes » (#8,439), « profitent » (#8,443). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poker » est au #8,441. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around poker (IPA \pɔ.kɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,441 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 poker, with forms such as "opker", "pkoer", and "poekr". 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, "por", "pour", "pose", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is poker, spelled P-O-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeu de cartes où chaque joueur doit former la meilleure combinaison possible de cinq cartes, selon la hiérarchie des mains de poker.
  2. 2
    Carré, ensemble de quatre cartes ayant chacune la même valeur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quand elle avait chez elle de ces célébrités de la littérature et de la politique elle se contentait, comme la duchesse de Guermantes, de les faire jouer au poker. Ils aimaient souvent mieux cela que les grandes conversations à idées générales où les contraignait Mᵐᵉ de Villeparisis.
  2. Tout au plus mirent-ils dans leurs parties de poker – qu’ils découvraient alors et qui était en passe de devenir l’ultime refuge de leurs amitiés fatiguées – un acharnement qui, à certains instants, pouvait paraître suspect.

This word in other languages

poker(English)póquer(Español)Poker(Deutsch)pôquer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opker
  • pkoer
  • poekr
  • pokerr
  • pokker
  • pokre
  • ppoker

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

opker2pkoer2poekr2pokerr1pokker1pokre2ppoker1
Edit distance from "poker"

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 "poker"?
"poker" is spelled P-O-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.kɛʁ\.
What does "poker" mean?
As a noun, "poker" means: Jeu de cartes où chaque joueur doit former la meilleure combinaison possible de cinq cartes, selon la hiérarchie des mains de poker.
What words are commonly confused with "poker"?
"poker" is commonly confused with "por", "pour", "pose". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poker" is \pɔ.kɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poker" come from?
"poker" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

moine#8,428staff#8,463Linux#8,417tenez#8,473

Similar misspelling depth

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

tirée7 variantsflore7 variantsanneaux7 variantsdivin7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list