pour de rire
\puʁ də ʁiʁ\
The verdict
“pour de rire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pour s’amuser
Corpus desk
Index FR-pour-de-rire · pour de rire · French
pour de rire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | pour de rire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \puʁ də ʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pour de rire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pour de rire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \puʁ də ʁiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pour de rire in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pour de rire, spelled P-O-U-R- -D-E- -R-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Pour s’amuser
- 2En faisant semblant
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pour de rire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lorsqu’en 1848, j’ai fondé cette petite feuille, mon intention était de créer un recueil de dessins comiques bien plus qu’un journal, — un journal qui ne fût pas un journal, — en un mot un journal pour de rire, comme on dit vulgairement.
Et peu imaginaient que ce qui ressemblait presque à une revue pour de rire allait progressivement devenir une revue pour de vrai.
Synonyms
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.