pouet

Name: pouet, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\pwɛt\

/\pwɛt\/ adj

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“pouet” is an uncommon French word, ranked #50,433 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.

#50,433
frequency rank, French: 5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Laid, dégoûtant.

Key facts for pouet
Property	Value
Headword	pouet
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\pwɛt\
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#50,433
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pouet” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). pouet lands here:

#50,433

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pouet is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pwɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #50,433 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Laid, dégoûtant.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for pouet in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 pouet, spelled P-O-U-E-T.

Definition

1
Laid, dégoûtant.

This word in other languages

ugly(English)

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 "pouet"?

"pouet" is spelled P-O-U-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pwɛt\.

What does "pouet" mean?

As an adjective, "pouet" means: Laid, dégoûtant.

How do you pronounce "pouet"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pouet" is \pwɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "pouet" come from?

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Using “pouet”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is P-O-U-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \pwɛt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.