pouffiasse

\pu.fjas\

/\pu.fjas\/ noun

The verdict

“pouffiasse” is uncommon French (frequency #85,148 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,148
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fille malpropre ou de mauvaise conduite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pouffiasse · pouffiasse · French

pouffiasse · rank #85,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,148
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH potus

Nearest frequency peer: potus (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « pouffiasse »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pouffiasse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pouffiasse
PropertyValue
Headwordpouffiasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pu.fjas\
Letters10
Frequency rank#85,148
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pouffiasse » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pouffiassetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « potus » (#85,147), « pourrisse » (#85,149), « poussive » (#85,150). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pouffiasse » est au #85,148. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pouffiasse is uncommon French at frequency #85,148 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pu.fjas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

pouffiasse has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pouffiasse, spelled P-O-U-F-F-I-A-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fille malpropre ou de mauvaise conduite.
  2. 2
    Fille ou femme de mauvaise vie, prostituée.
  3. 3
    Fille ou femme superficielle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle s’échappa en montrant ses cuisses. — Pouffiasse ! déclara le boiteux.
  2. Il suffirait d’une seule fois à la vieille poufiasse pour fouiller dans mes valises et elle irait claquer toutes mes économies dans le casino le plus proche.

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 "pouffiasse"?
"pouffiasse" is spelled P-O-U-F-F-I-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pu.fjas\.
What does "pouffiasse" mean?
As a noun, "pouffiasse" means: Fille malpropre ou de mauvaise conduite.
How do you pronounce "pouffiasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pouffiasse" is \pu.fjas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list