pour rire

adv

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The verdict

“pour rire” 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
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pas sérieusement, en faisant semblant.

Key facts for pour rire
PropertyValue
Headwordpour rire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pour rire” sits in French frequency

pour rire falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pour rire is 9 letters long, classified as an adverb. 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: "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

  1. 1
    Pas sérieusement, en faisant semblant.

Synonyms

pour de fauxpour de rire

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pour rire"?
"pour rire" is spelled P-O-U-R- -R-I-R-E.
What does "pour rire" mean?
As an adverb, "pour rire" means: Pas sérieusement, en faisant semblant.
What language does "pour rire" come from?
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Using “pour rire”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-O-U-R- -R-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list