Poujade

\pu.ʒad\

/\pu.ʒad\/ name

The verdict

“Poujade” is uncommon French (frequency #82,354 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,354
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-poujade · Poujade · French

Poujade · rank #82,354 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,354
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pouillé

Nearest frequency peer: pouillé (-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 « Poujade »

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 « Poujade » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Poujade
PropertyValue
HeadwordPoujade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pu.ʒad\
Letters7
Frequency rank#82,354
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Poujade » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Poujadetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « pouillé » (#82,353), « poulaillers » (#82,355), « potato » (#82,352). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Poujade » est au #82,354. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Poujade is uncommon French at frequency #82,354 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pu.ʒad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Poujade has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Poujade, spelled P-O-U-J-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.
  2. 2
    Pierre Poujade (1920-2003)

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 "Poujade"?
"Poujade" is spelled P-O-U-J-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pu.ʒad\.
What does "Poujade" mean?
As a proper noun, "Poujade" means: Nom de famille.
How do you pronounce "Poujade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Poujade" is \pu.ʒad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Poujade" come from?
"Poujade" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list