poulpe

\pulp\

/\pulp\/ noun

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The verdict

“poulpe” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,920. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,920
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-poulpe · poulpe · French

poulpe · rank #29,920 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,920
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH postées

Nearest frequency peer: postées (-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 « poulpe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « poulpe » 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).

poulpe vs pouls
67% similar
poulpe vs poupe
83% similar
poulpe vs pulpe
83% similar

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

Key facts for poulpe
PropertyValue
Headwordpoulpe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pulp\
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,920
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « poulpe »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.poulpese 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 « postées » (#29,919), « poussera » (#29,921), « possédons » (#29,918). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « poulpe » est au #29,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around poulpe (IPA \pulp\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,920 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pieuvre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for poulpe, with forms such as "opulpe", "polupe", and "poulep". 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", "pulpe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is poulpe, spelled P-O-U-L-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pieuvre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le marché aux puces de Kitano est célèbre : on y trouve de tout – kimonos d’occasion, meubles et objets d’art anciens, artisanat, bonsaïs –, sans compter les étals proposant brochettes de poulet, boulettes au poulpe, thé vert ou kakis séchés.
  2. Le poulpe n’est qu’un mollusque, et ce nom même indique le peu de consistance de ses chairs. Eût-il cinq cents pieds de longueur, le poulpe, qui n’appartient point à l’embranchement des vertébrés, est tout à fait inoffensif pour des navires tels que le Scotia ou l’Abraham-Lincoln. Il faut donc rejeter au rang des fables les prouesses des Krakens ou autres…

This word in other languages

octopus(English)pulpo(Español)Krake(Deutsch)polvo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opulpe
  • polupe
  • poulep
  • poullpe
  • poulppe
  • pouple
  • ppoulpe
  • puolpe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

opulpe2polupe2poulep2poullpe1poulppe1pouple2ppoulpe1puolpe2
Edit distance from "poulpe"

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 "poulpe"?
"poulpe" is spelled P-O-U-L-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pulp\.
What does "poulpe" mean?
As a noun, "poulpe" means: Pieuvre.
What words are commonly confused with "poulpe"?
"poulpe" is commonly confused with "pouls", "poupe", "pulpe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poulpe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poulpe" is \pulp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poulpe" come from?
"poulpe" 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 "poulpe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

priant#29,922pompon#29,916promus#29,924prunes#29,925

Similar misspelling depth

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

pommier8 variantspoisons8 variantsplèbe8 variantsrasage8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list