poulailler

/\pu.la.je\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,189

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

poulailler is aFrenchnoun. It means: Abri clos construit pour les poules, où elles pondent, où on les fait couver, où elles juchent. Pronounced \pu.la.je\.

Key facts for poulailler
PropertyValue
Headwordpoulailler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pu.la.je\
Letters10
Frequency rank#31,189
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of poulailler in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for poulailler is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pu.la.je\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,189 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for poulailler, with forms such as "opulailler", "poluailler", and "poualiller". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is poulailler, spelled P-O-U-L-A-I-L-L-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abri clos construit pour les poules, où elles pondent, où on les fait couver, où elles juchent.
  2. 2
    Méchante bicoque, pigeonnier.
  3. 3
    Dernier étage d’une salle de théâtre où sont juchés les spectateurs.
  4. 4
    Marchand qui fait commerce d’œufs et de poulaille.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opulailler,poluailler,poualiller,poulailelr,poulailer,poulaillerr,poulaillre,poulaliler,poulialler,poullailler,ppoulailler,puolailler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for poulailler

Misspelling Variants of "poulailler"

opulailler10poluailler10poualiller10poulailelr10poulailer9poulaillerr11poulaillre10poulaliler10
Misspelling Variants of "poulailler"

Frequency rank: #31,189 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "poulailler"?
"poulailler" is spelled P-O-U-L-A-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pu.la.je\.
What does "poulailler" mean?
As a noun, "poulailler" means: Abri clos construit pour les poules, où elles pondent, où on les fait couver, où elles juchent.
What are common misspellings of "poulailler"?
Common misspellings include "opulailler", "poluailler", "poualiller", "poulailelr", "poulailer". The correct spelling is "poulailler".
How do you pronounce "poulailler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poulailler" is \pu.la.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poulailler" come from?
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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.