pour de faux
\puʁ də fo\
The verdict
“pour de faux” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De manière simulée
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pour de faux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \puʁ də fo\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pour de faux” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pour de faux is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \puʁ də fo\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "De manière simulée".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pour de faux, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pour de faux, spelled P-O-U-R- -D-E- -F-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1De manière simulée
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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.
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Using “pour de faux”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-U-R- -D-E- -F-A-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \puʁ də fo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.