pour mourir
\puʁ muʁiʁ\
The verdict
“pour mourir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extrêmement, en parlant d'une chose très désagréable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pour-mourir · pour mourir · French
pour mourir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 mourir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \puʁ muʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pour mourir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pour mourir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \puʁ muʁiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Extrêmement, en parlant d'une chose très désagréable.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pour mourir, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pour mourir, spelled P-O-U-R- -M-O-U-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Extrêmement, en parlant d'une chose très désagréable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pour mourir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aujourd'hui, je lui en suis reconnaissant, même si, dans le temps, je détestais ça pour mourir.
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.