posséda
\pɔ.se.da\
The verdict
“posséda” is uncommon French (frequency #77,806 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,806
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de posséder.
Corpus desk
Index FR-posseda · posséda · French
posséda · rank #77,806 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,806
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH porteras
Nearest frequency peer: porteras (-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 « posséda »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- populo
populo
22,197 corpus weight
- porteras
porteras
22,196 corpus weight
- posséda
posséda
22,195 corpus weight
- poudrier
poudrier
22,194 corpus weight
- pourrave
pourrave
22,193 corpus weight
- poverty
poverty
22,192 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « posséda » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | posséda |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɔ.se.da\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « posséda » en français
Rare enough to double-check
posséda is uncommon French at frequency #77,806 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pɔ.se.da\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de posséder.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for posséda in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is posséda, spelled P-O-S-S-É-D-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de posséder.
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 "posséda"?
What does "posséda" mean?
How do you pronounce "posséda"?
What language does "posséda" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "posséda", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).