poucer
\pu.se\
The verdict
“poucer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire de l’auto-stop.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poucer · poucer · French
poucer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | poucer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pu.se\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « poucer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poucer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pu.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
poucer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 poucer, spelled P-O-U-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire de l’auto-stop.
- 2Montrer son soutien, son approbation ou qu’on aime quelque chose généralement en cliquant sur un bouton montrant un pouce en l’air.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how poucer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai poucé son commentaire parce que je l’avais bien aimé.
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.