poulet

\pu.lɛ\

/\pu.lɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“poulet” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,363. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,363
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit du coq et de la poule, plus âgé que le poussin, avant d’être adulte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-poulet · poulet · French

poulet · rank #4,363 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,363
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH portait

Nearest frequency peer: portait (-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 « poulet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « poulet » 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).

poulet vs pouls
67% similar
poulet vs poupe
67% similar
poulet vs puget
67% similar

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

Key facts for poulet
PropertyValue
Headwordpoulet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pu.lɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,363
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poulet »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « portait » (#4,362), « programmation » (#4,364), « pollution » (#4,361). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poulet » est au #4,363. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around poulet (IPA \pu.lɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,363 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for poulet, with forms such as "opulet", "poluet", and "pouelt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pouls", "poupe", "puget", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 poulet, spelled P-O-U-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit du coq et de la poule, plus âgé que le poussin, avant d’être adulte.
  2. 2
    Viande de jeune poule ou jeune coq destiné à l’alimentation humaine.
  3. 3
    Terme d’affection, que l’on adresse généralement aux enfants.
  4. 4
    Nigaud.
  5. 5
    Billet doux.
  6. 6
    N’importe quelle chose incroyable, de qualité excellente.
  7. 7
    Policier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Eux, les hommes, la vie les chasse, comme une voiture chasse un poulet. Elle est derrière ; il croit aussitôt qu’elle le poursuit, et l’idée ne lui vient pas de se ranger et de la laisser passer au galop et avec ses jurons ; il court, oubliant qu’il a des ailes.
  2. Au village, vivre avec nouveau parmi les racontars des femmes, écouter tout le jour les piaulements des dindes et des poulets, les bêlements des moutons, cela l’attirait peu.

Synonyms

coqueletchaponloulepempoulardeblaireaupigeonbangerdinguerie

This word in other languages

chicken(English)pollo(Español)Hähnchen(Deutsch)frango(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opulet
  • poluet
  • pouelt
  • poulett
  • poullet
  • poulte
  • ppoulet
  • puolet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poulet - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opulet2poluet2pouelt2poulett1poullet1poulte2ppoulet1puolet2
Edit distance from "poulet"

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 "poulet"?
"poulet" is spelled P-O-U-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pu.lɛ\.
What does "poulet" mean?
As a noun, "poulet" means: Petit du coq et de la poule, plus âgé que le poussin, avant d’être adulte.
What words are commonly confused with "poulet"?
"poulet" is commonly confused with "pouls", "poupe", "puget". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poulet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poulet" is \pu.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poulet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

misère#4,354mentir#4,350master#4,349marier#4,348

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Nancy8 variantssurvie8 variantsfraude8 variantsdonnera8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list