Pourim
\pu.ʁim\
The verdict
“Pourim” is uncommon French (frequency #89,015 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,015
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fête religieuse juive, le 14 adar, qui célèbre le sauvetage des Juifs en Perse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pourim · Pourim · French
Pourim · rank #89,015 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,015
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH porcinet
Nearest frequency peer: porcinet (-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 « Pourim »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Popincourt
Popincourt
10,989 corpus weight
- Poppée
Poppée
10,988 corpus weight
- porcinet
porcinet
10,987 corpus weight
- Pourim
Pourim
10,986 corpus weight
- pratiquera
pratiquera
10,985 corpus weight
- prednisone
prednisone
10,984 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Pourim » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pourim |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pu.ʁim\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,015 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Pourim » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Pourim is uncommon French at frequency #89,015 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pu.ʁim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fête religieuse juive, le 14 adar, qui célèbre le sauvetage des Juifs en Perse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Pourim in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Pourim, spelled P-O-U-R-I-M.
Definition
- 1Fête religieuse juive, le 14 adar, qui célèbre le sauvetage des Juifs en Perse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Pourim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour la petite histoire, la fête de Pourim commémore le sauvetage du peuple juif par la reine Esther.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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