Pourim

\pu.ʁim\

/\pu.ʁim\/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Pourim » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Pourim
PropertyValue
HeadwordPourim
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pu.ʁim\
Letters6
Frequency rank#89,015
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Pourim » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Pourimtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « porcinet » (#89,014), « pratiquera » (#89,016), « Poppée » (#89,013). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Pourim » est au #89,015. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Fête religieuse juive, le 14 adar, qui célèbre le sauvetage des Juifs en Perse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Pourim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pourim"?
"Pourim" is spelled P-O-U-R-I-M. The IPA pronunciation is \pu.ʁim\.
What does "Pourim" mean?
As a noun, "Pourim" means: Fête religieuse juive, le 14 adar, qui célèbre le sauvetage des Juifs en Perse.
How do you pronounce "Pourim"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pourim" is \pu.ʁim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pourim" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pourim", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list