pourliche
\puʁ.liʃ\
The verdict
“pourliche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Pourboire
Corpus desk
Index FR-pourliche · pourliche · French
pourliche · 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 | pourliche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \puʁ.liʃ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pourliche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pourliche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \puʁ.liʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pourboire".
Zero misspellings are on record for pourliche in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pourliche, spelled P-O-U-R-L-I-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Pourboire
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pourliche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tu n'as rarement plus de 2 ou 3 missions par jour, donc en général, un seul qui donne un pourliche.
Même moi pauvre travailleur moyen je ne pars pas d'un resto sans laisser de pourliche (sauf si le service était à chier) et lui, petit prince du raï, il fait son rapace!
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.