pomper l’air
\pɔ̃.pe l‿ɛʁ\
The verdict
“pomper l’air” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Importuner, ennuyer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pomper-l-air · pomper l’air · French
pomper l’air · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | pomper l’air |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɔ̃.pe l‿ɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pomper l’air » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pomper l’air is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pɔ̃.pe l‿ɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Importuner, ennuyer.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pomper l’air in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pomper l’air, spelled P-O-M-P-E-R- -L-’-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1Importuner, ennuyer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pomper l’air appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je lui raconte comment le fameux docteur avait acheté un domaine dans les bois, près de Marseille, où il vivait à poil en toute saison. Un peu piqué, même beaucoup. Que j’en suis parti, parce que cette façon de comprendre la vie me pompait l’air.
Moi, quand j’ai pas envie de parler à ma bonne femme, ou quand j’ai des parents qui viennent me pomper de l’air à la maison, je branche le truc et je suis peinard.
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.