poudre de perlimpinpin
\pudʁ də pɛʁ.lɛ̃.pɛ̃.pɛ̃\
The verdict
“poudre de perlimpinpin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poudre que les charlatans débitaient comme guérissant toute sorte de maux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poudre-de-perlimpinpin · poudre de perlimpinpin · French
poudre de perlimpinpin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | poudre de perlimpinpin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pudʁ də pɛʁ.lɛ̃.pɛ̃.pɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
poudre de perlimpinpin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pudʁ də pɛʁ.lɛ̃.pɛ̃.pɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for poudre de perlimpinpin, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is poudre de perlimpinpin, spelled P-O-U-D-R-E- -D-E- -P-E-R-L-I-M-P-I-N-P-I-N.
Definition
- 1Poudre que les charlatans débitaient comme guérissant toute sorte de maux.
- 2Fausse solution miracle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how poudre de perlimpinpin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Surtout si, motivant notre conversation, il y avait à la base quelques-unes de ces « intéressantes empreintes » relevées à la poudre de perlimpinpin, rue des Francs-Bourgeois, par le service de l’Identité judiciaire.
Inutile d’acheter des compléments alimentaires et autres poudres de perlimpinpin.
This word in other languages
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.