pour sûr
\puʁ syʁ\
The verdict
“pour sûr” 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De façon certaine, certainement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pour sûr |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \puʁ syʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pour sûr” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pour sûr is 8 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \puʁ syʁ\. 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 façon certaine, certainement.".
pour sûr has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pour sûr, spelled P-O-U-R- -S-Û-R.
Definition
- 1De façon certaine, certainement.
This word in other languages
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 sûr”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-U-R- -S-Û-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \puʁ syʁ\ (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.