poupon
\pu.pɔ̃\
The verdict
“poupon” is uncommon French (frequency #52,275 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,275
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tout petit enfant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poupon · poupon · French
poupon · rank #52,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,275
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH poudreuse
Nearest frequency peer: poudreuse (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « poupon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- polychrome
polychrome
47,729 corpus weight
- porteraient
porteraient
47,728 corpus weight
- poudreuse
poudreuse
47,727 corpus weight
- poupon
poupon
47,726 corpus weight
- pourchassés
pourchassés
47,725 corpus weight
- pourritures
pourritures
47,724 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « poupon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poupon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pu.pɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « poupon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poupon is uncommon French at frequency #52,275 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pu.pɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for poupon in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 poupon, spelled P-O-U-P-O-N.
Definition
- 1Tout petit enfant.
- 2Jouet en forme de nourrisson.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how poupon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] ; et quelque poupon, couché sur le plancher, dans le plus simple appareil, se barbouille les joues de confitures qu’il prend à même avec le doigt dans une tasse, […].
Une nourrice, au plus épais, levait très haut son poupon, qui riait d’aise.
This word in other languages
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.
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