pote

\pɔt\

/\pɔt\/ noun

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The verdict

“pote” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,294
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Copain (copine), ami(e).

Corpus desk

Index FR-pote · pote · French

pote · rank #2,294 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,294
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pluie

Nearest frequency peer: pluie (-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 « pote »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pote » 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).

pote vs Pt
25% similar
pote vs pré
25% similar
pote vs pue
50% similar

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

Key facts for pote
PropertyValue
Headwordpote
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,294
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pote »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).potese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pluie » (#2,293), « primaire » (#2,295), « promis » (#2,296). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pote » est au #2,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around pote (IPA \pɔt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,294 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Copain (copine), ami(e).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for pote, with forms such as "opte", "poet", and "potte". 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, "Pt", "pré", "pue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pote, spelled P-O-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Copain (copine), ami(e).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour aller au jus à ma place il ferait toute une histoire, mais pour me chercher dans les barbelés en plein rif, ça ne ferait pas un pli. Un pote, quoi.
  2. Il mâche du chewing-gum avec l’air méditatif d’une vache en train de se demander depuis combien de temps elle n’a pas rendu visite à son pote Ferdinand le taureau.

Synonyms

poteaupoto

This word in other languages

pal(English)Kumpel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opte
  • poet
  • potte
  • ppote
  • ptoe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pote - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

opte2poet2potte1ppote1ptoe2
Edit distance from "pote"

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 "pote"?
"pote" is spelled P-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔt\.
What does "pote" mean?
As a noun, "pote" means: Copain (copine), ami(e).
What words are commonly confused with "pote"?
"pote" is commonly confused with "Pt", "pré", "pue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pote" is \pɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pote" come from?
"pote" 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 "pote", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

murs#2,288vélo#2,304bain#2,309crée#2,272

Similar misspelling depth

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

doux5 variantsLille5 variantsquasi5 variantsPapa5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list