poulet

/\pu.lɛ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,363

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

poulet is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petit du coq et de la poule, plus âgé que le poussin, avant d’être adulte. Pronounced \pu.lɛ\. It ranks #4,363 in French word frequency. Often confused with pouls and poupe.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for poulet is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pu.lɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,363 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for poulet, with forms such as "opulet", "poluet", and "pouelt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

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 poulet, spelled P-O-U-L-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opulet,poluet,pouelt,poulett,poullet,poulte,ppoulet,puolet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for poulet

Misspelling Variants of "poulet"

opulet6poluet6pouelt6poulett7poullet7poulte6ppoulet7puolet6
Misspelling Variants of "poulet"

Frequency rank: #4,363 in French

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?
"poulet" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.