pourceque
\puʁ.skə\
The verdict
“pourceque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a conjunction. 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) - Car, parce que.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pourceque · pourceque · French
pourceque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | pourceque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \puʁ.skə\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pourceque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pourceque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \puʁ.skə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Car, parce que.".
No misspelling variants are generated for pourceque in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pourceque, spelled P-O-U-R-C-E-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Car, parce que.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pourceque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et ainsi encore je pensai que pourceque nous avons tous été enfants avant que d’être hommes […].
[…] et pourceque CB et BA sont deux quantités indéterminées et inconnues, je les nomme l’une y et l’autre x; […]
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.