pouponner
\pu.pɔ.ne\
The verdict
“pouponner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caresser, dorloter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pouponner · pouponner · French
pouponner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | pouponner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pu.pɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pouponner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pouponner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pu.pɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pouponner in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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. The correct French form is pouponner, spelled P-O-U-P-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Caresser, dorloter.
- 2S’occuper d’un bébé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pouponner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est la joie de cette mère de pouponner son dernier-né.
Quand ma fille, qui est mariée à Niort avec un garçon très sérieux, employé dans une maison de gros (et c’est déjà sur lui que tout repose parce que son patron a des rhumatismes articulaires), quand ma fille amène son bébé, votre oncle le prend sur ses genoux et ma fille dit qu’on voit bien qu’il a été habitué à pouponner…
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