poterie

\pɔ.tʁi\

/\pɔ.tʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“poterie” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,117. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,117
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Artisanat basé sur le travail de l’argile, pour la constitution de pots et d’objets d’art.

Corpus desk

Index FR-poterie · poterie · French

poterie · rank #21,117 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,117
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH ponctuation

Nearest frequency peer: ponctuation (-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 « poterie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « poterie » 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).

poterie vs pourrie
71% similar
poterie vs poteries
88% similar
poterie vs poésie
57% similar

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

Key facts for poterie
PropertyValue
Headwordpoterie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.tʁi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,117
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poterie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.poteriese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ponctuation » (#21,116), « poupe » (#21,118), « polaires » (#21,115). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poterie » est au #21,117. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around poterie (IPA \pɔ.tʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,117 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for poterie, with forms such as "opterie", "poetrie", and "poteire". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "pourrie", "poteries", "poésie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is poterie, spelled P-O-T-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Artisanat basé sur le travail de l’argile, pour la constitution de pots et d’objets d’art.
  2. 2
    Métier du potier et de la potière.
  3. 3
    Objet en terre cuite.
  4. 4
    Objet en terre cuite.
  5. 5
    Objet en terre cuite.
  6. 6
    Objet en terre cuite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On fabrique dans le département des Ardennes des poteries communes telles que : terrines, vases de cuisine, casseroles, pots à fleurs, etc., avec des argiles impures.
  2. Banassac, qui avait fabriqué des poteries sous les Romains, frappa alors des monnaies et ce village peut « revendiquer la dixième partie des monnaies mérovingiennes éparses dans tous les cabinets du monde ».

This word in other languages

pottery(English)alfarería(Español)Töpferei(Deutsch)olaria(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opterie
  • poetrie
  • poteire
  • poterei
  • poterrie
  • potreie
  • potterie
  • ppoterie
  • ptoerie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poterie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opterie2poetrie2poteire2poterei2poterrie1potreie2potterie1ppoterie1
Edit distance from "poterie"

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 "poterie"?
"poterie" is spelled P-O-T-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.tʁi\.
What does "poterie" mean?
As a noun, "poterie" means: Artisanat basé sur le travail de l’argile, pour la constitution de pots et d’objets d’art.
What words are commonly confused with "poterie"?
"poterie" is commonly confused with "pourrie", "poteries", "poésie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poterie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poterie" is \pɔ.tʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poterie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "poterie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

piqûres#21,112rainbow#21,134ordonna#21,099rebonds#21,136

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

purger9 variantsoncles9 variantsoffrons9 variantsrelayé9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list