poudre

\pudʁ\

/\pudʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“poudre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,269. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,269
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poussière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-poudre · poudre · French

poudre · rank #4,269 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,269
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH poitrine

Nearest frequency peer: poitrine (-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 « poudre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « poudre » 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).

poudre vs pour
67% similar
poudre vs pure
67% similar
poudre vs poule
67% similar

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

Key facts for poudre
PropertyValue
Headwordpoudre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pudʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,269
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poudre »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.poudrese 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 « poitrine » (#4,268), « professeurs » (#4,270), « plaindre » (#4,267). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poudre » est au #4,269. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around poudre (IPA \pudʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,269 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for poudre, with forms such as "opudre", "podure", and "pouddre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pour", "pure", "poule", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is poudre, spelled P-O-U-D-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poussière.
  2. 2
    Substance solide broyée ou pilée.
  3. 3
    Produit pulvérisé dont on se sert en parfumerie et en médecine.
  4. 4
    Sable dont on saupoudre l’écriture pour la sécher.
  5. 5
    Amidon ou du riz pulvérisé dont on se sert pour la toilette.
  6. 6
    Poudre noire ; Mélange explosif dont on charge les armes à feu.
  7. 7
    Propulseur de fusée.
  8. 8
    Fin duvet produit par certaines espèces d’oiseaux et se présentant un peu comme des pellicules

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dieu a dit au premier homme : Tu es poudre, et tu retourneras en poudre. Il ne s’emploie guère en ce sens que par affectation ou dans le style biblique, poussière seul est maintenant usité.
  2. Avant de servir au tannage des cuirs, l’écorce de chêne est hachée mécaniquement ou à la main, puis réduite entre des meules en une poudre grossière qui prend le nom de tan.

This word in other languages

powder(English)polvo(Español)Pulver(Deutsch)pó(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opudre
  • podure
  • pouddre
  • pouder
  • poudrre
  • pourde
  • ppoudre
  • puodre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poudre - 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.

opudre2podure2pouddre1pouder2poudrre1pourde2ppoudre1puodre2
Edit distance from "poudre"

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 "poudre"?
"poudre" is spelled P-O-U-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pudʁ\.
What does "poudre" mean?
As a noun, "poudre" means: Poussière.
What words are commonly confused with "poudre"?
"poudre" is commonly confused with "pour", "pure", "poule". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poudre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poudre" is \pudʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poudre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

parait#4,261marcel#4,250légale#4,249tenant#4,291

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

passera8 variantsRessort8 variantsmères8 variantssmith8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list