pour rire
The verdict
“pour 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
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pas sérieusement, en faisant semblant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pour-rire · pour rire · French
pour rire · 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 | pour rire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pour rire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pour rire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pas sérieusement, en faisant semblant.".
pour rire has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pour rire, spelled P-O-U-R- -R-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Pas sérieusement, en faisant semblant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pour rire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Malgré son étiquette si pompeuse, l’institution Ouly était une petite école pour rire, tenue par une vieille dame à repentirs, que les enfants appelaient : « bonne amie ».
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.