pop-corn
\pɔp.kɔʁn\
The verdict
“pop-corn” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grains de maïs éclatés à la chaleur, sucrés ou salés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pop-corn · pop-corn · French
pop-corn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | pop-corn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔp.kɔʁn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pop-corn » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pop-corn is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔp.kɔʁn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grains de maïs éclatés à la chaleur, sucrés ou salés.".
Zero misspellings are on record for pop-corn in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pop-corn, spelled P-O-P---C-O-R-N.
Definition
- 1Grains de maïs éclatés à la chaleur, sucrés ou salés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pop-corn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une petite fille "pique" les pop-corns du prince Harry.
C'est que, malgré la permission de rouvrir les salles de cinéma au public le 26 février partout au Québec, il serait interdit de s'y acheter un sac de maïs soufflé, appelé communément pop-corn, pour le déguster assis confortablement devant un bon film.
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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.