poupet
\pu.pɛ\
The verdict
“poupet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poupon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poupet · poupet · French
poupet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poupet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pu.pɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
poupet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pu.pɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poupon.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for poupet, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is poupet, spelled P-O-U-P-E-T.
Definition
- 1Poupon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how poupet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mon très chérissime Comte, écrivait-il quelques jours après la délivrance de sa fille, je suis persuadé que vous sçavez que la Reyne avec ses deux poupets se porte a merveille, que le Roy témoigne une grande tendresse à la Reyne […].
Avant d'avoir reçu ce premier sacrement, le poupet est veillé jour et nuit, « sans quoi il pourrait étouffer » ; certains parents particulièrement pieux lui mettent un chapelet au cou.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.