pourlingue

adj

The verdict

“pourlingue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pourri.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pourlingue · pourlingue · French

pourlingue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 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.

Key facts for pourlingue
PropertyValue
Headwordpourlingue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pourlingue » en français

pourlinguesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pourlingue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pourri.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for pourlingue in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pourlingue, spelled P-O-U-R-L-I-N-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pourri.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Enfin, je le redis, c'est l'intention qui compte. Le problème, c'est qu'on pourra même pas le revendre sur eBay, ton cadeau pourlingue.
  2. Je hochai la tête en mâchant mes cornflakes et en évitant les rondelles brunâtres pourlingues.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pourlingue"?
"pourlingue" is spelled P-O-U-R-L-I-N-G-U-E.
What does "pourlingue" mean?
As an adjective, "pourlingue" means: Pourri.
What language does "pourlingue" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list