pourrisse

\pu.ʁis\

/\pu.ʁis\/ verb

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The verdict

“pourrisse” is uncommon French (frequency #85,149 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,149
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pourrir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pourrisse · pourrisse · French

pourrisse · rank #85,149 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,149
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pouffiasse

Nearest frequency peer: pouffiasse (-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 « pourrisse »

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 « pourrisse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pourrisse
PropertyValue
Headwordpourrisse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pu.ʁis\
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,149
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pourrisse » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pourrissetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « pouffiasse » (#85,148), « poussive » (#85,150), « potus » (#85,147). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pourrisse » est au #85,149. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pourrisse is uncommon French at frequency #85,149 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pu.ʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

pourrisse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pourrisse, spelled P-O-U-R-R-I-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pourrir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pourrir.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait du subjonctif de pourrir.

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 "pourrisse"?
"pourrisse" is spelled P-O-U-R-R-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pu.ʁis\.
What does "pourrisse" mean?
As a verb, "pourrisse" means: Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pourrir.
How do you pronounce "pourrisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pourrisse" is \pu.ʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pourrisse" come from?
"pourrisse" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Poitevine#85,141pleurerai#85,137prouverai#85,164pendaient#85,120

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list