pourrissent

\pu.ʁis\

/\pu.ʁis\/ verb

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The verdict

“pourrissent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,838. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,838
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de pourrir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pourrissent · pourrissent · French

pourrissent · rank #33,838 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,838
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH possédés

Nearest frequency peer: possédés (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pourrissent »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « pourrissent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pourrissent
PropertyValue
Headwordpourrissent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pu.ʁis\
Letters11
Frequency rank#33,838
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pourrissent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pourrissentse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « possédés » (#33,837), « poursuivaient » (#33,839), « plot » (#33,836). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pourrissent » est au #33,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around pourrissent (IPA \pu.ʁis\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,838 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pourrissent, with forms such as "opurrissent", "porurissent", and "pourirssent". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pourrissent, spelled P-O-U-R-R-I-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de pourrir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif imparfait de pourrir.
  3. 3
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de pourrir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opurrissent
  • porurissent
  • pourirssent
  • pourissent
  • pourrisent
  • pourrisesnt
  • pourrissennt
  • pourrissentt
  • pourrissetn
  • pourrissnet
  • pourrsisent
  • ppourrissent
  • puorrissent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pourrissent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opurrissent2porurissent2pourirssent2pourissent1pourrisent1pourrisesnt2pourrissennt1pourrissentt1
Edit distance from "pourrissent"

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 "pourrissent"?
"pourrissent" is spelled P-O-U-R-R-I-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pu.ʁis\.
What does "pourrissent" mean?
As a verb, "pourrissent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de pourrir.
What are common misspellings of "pourrissent"?
Common misspellings include "opurrissent", "porurissent", "pourirssent", "pourissent", "pourrisent". The correct spelling is "pourrissent".
How do you pronounce "pourrissent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pourrissent" is \pu.ʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pourrissent" come from?
"pourrissent" 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 "pourrissent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

prodiguer13 variantsprêteurs13 variantspartagera13 variantsrecourant13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list