poule

\pul\

/\pul\/ noun

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The verdict

“poule” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,602. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,602
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femelle du coq.

Corpus desk

Index FR-poule · poule · French

poule · rank #4,602 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,602
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH portugais

Nearest frequency peer: portugais (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « poule »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « poule » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

poule vs pue
60% similar
poule vs pour
60% similar
poule vs pure
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for poule
PropertyValue
Headwordpoule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pul\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,602
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poule »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).poulese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « portugais » (#4,601), « pourrez » (#4,603), « ponts » (#4,600). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poule » est au #4,602. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around poule (IPA \pul\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,602 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for poule, with forms such as "opule", "polue", and "pouel". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pue", "pour", "pure", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is poule, spelled P-O-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femelle du coq.
  2. 2
    Viande de cette volaille.
  3. 3
    Femelle d’autres espèces de volatiles (poule faisane, poule d’eau, poule d’Inde, poule de Barbarie…)
  4. 4
    Prostituée.
  5. 5
    Fille, femme.
  6. 6
    (Populaire) (Souvent précédé d'un déterminant possessif) Amie de cœur, épouse, concubine, maîtresse.
  7. 7
    Vénus poule (espèce de mollusque).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les enfants riaient, très excités ; et ces fils des champs, plus proches des bêtes, éprouvaient ce besoin cruel qui pousse les poules d’une basse-cour à achever l’une d’entre elles aussitôt qu’elle est blessée.
  2. Les fermes elles-mêmes dorment profondément. Seuls, les chats rôdent et les poules gloussent alentour.

This word in other languages

hen(English)gallina(Español)Henne(Deutsch)galinha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opule
  • polue
  • pouel
  • poulle
  • ppoule
  • puole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poule - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

opule2polue2pouel2poulle1ppoule1puole2
Edit distance from "poule"

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 "poule"?
"poule" is spelled P-O-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pul\.
What does "poule" mean?
As a noun, "poule" means: Femelle du coq.
What words are commonly confused with "poule"?
"poule" is commonly confused with "pue", "pour", "pure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poule" is \pul\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poule" come from?
"poule" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ponts#4,600robot#4,615modes#4,588rôles#4,622

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Jeanne6 variantsvolé6 variantsdurer6 variantsboule6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list