posse
\pos\
The verdict
“posse” is uncommon French (frequency #54,801 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,801
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans la culture hip hop, groupe d’artistes de rue réunissant rappeurs, graffeurs, DJs, breakdancers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-posse · posse · French
posse · rank #54,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,801
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH Pornic
Nearest frequency peer: Pornic (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « posse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- plongeait
plongeait
45,203 corpus weight
- Pornic
Pornic
45,201 corpus weight
- posse
posse
45,200 corpus weight
- posément
posément
45,199 corpus weight
- Pradel
Pradel
45,198 corpus weight
- priment
priment
45,197 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « posse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | posse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pos\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « posse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
posse is uncommon French at frequency #54,801 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pos\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for posse, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is posse, spelled P-O-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Dans la culture hip hop, groupe d’artistes de rue réunissant rappeurs, graffeurs, DJs, breakdancers.
- 2Comité, groupe de personnes, doté de certains pouvoirs par la justice.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how posse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heureux de vivre et fiers de leur cité, Ils partaient faire tous les posses danser.
Walter Tunif lui a tiré une balle en plein cœur. Ce pauvre Orlie était mort avant de toucher le sol. Le diable qui avait fait ça, il a déguerpi de là avec un des chevaux. La nouvelle s'est répandue et les gens sont venus des miles à la ronde former un posse.
Synonyms
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.
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