pourfendeurs
\puʁ.fɑ̃.dœʁ\
The verdict
“pourfendeurs” is uncommon French (frequency #80,531 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,531
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de pourfendeur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pourfendeurs · pourfendeurs · French
pourfendeurs · rank #80,531 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,531
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH Potosi
Nearest frequency peer: Potosi (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « pourfendeurs »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- populus
populus
19,473 corpus weight
- portoricains
portoricains
19,472 corpus weight
- Potosi
Potosi
19,471 corpus weight
- pourfendeurs
pourfendeurs
19,470 corpus weight
- prats
prats
19,469 corpus weight
- pressentir
pressentir
19,468 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pourfendeurs » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pourfendeurs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \puʁ.fɑ̃.dœʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #80,531 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pourfendeurs » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pourfendeurs is uncommon French at frequency #80,531 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \puʁ.fɑ̃.dœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de pourfendeur.".
pourfendeurs doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pourfendeurs, spelled P-O-U-R-F-E-N-D-E-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de pourfendeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pourfendeurs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour les pourfendeurs de l’islam, celui-ci est foncièrement archaïque et agressif envers les valeurs fondamentales de l’Occident.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "pourfendeurs"?
What does "pourfendeurs" mean?
How do you pronounce "pourfendeurs"?
What language does "pourfendeurs" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pourfendeurs", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).