pour voir
\puʁ vwaʁ\
The verdict
“pour voir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. 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) - Pour se faire une opinion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pour-voir · pour voir · French
pour voir · 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 voir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \puʁ vwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pour voir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pour voir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \puʁ vwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pour se faire une opinion.".
Zero misspellings are on record for pour voir in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pour voir, spelled P-O-U-R- -V-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Pour se faire une opinion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pour voir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Il y aurait peut-être un moyen… – Tout ce que vous voudrez ! Mais Mlle Thibaud secoua la tête, murmura : – Non, vous ne voudriez pas… – Dites, pour voir ?
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.