pourvoyeur

\puʁ.vwa.jœʁ\

/\puʁ.vwa.jœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“pourvoyeur” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,106. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,106
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui pourvoit, qui procure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pourvoyeur · pourvoyeur · French

pourvoyeur · rank #44,106 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,106
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pouilly

Nearest frequency peer: Pouilly (-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 « pourvoyeur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pourvoyeur » 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 pourvoyeur
PropertyValue
Headwordpourvoyeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\puʁ.vwa.jœʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#44,106
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pourvoyeur »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pourvoyeurse 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 « Pouilly » (#44,105), « ppa » (#44,107), « Pollux » (#44,104). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pourvoyeur » est au #44,106. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around pourvoyeur (IPA \puʁ.vwa.jœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #44,106 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ce qui pourvoit, qui procure.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for pourvoyeur, with forms such as "opurvoyeur", "poruvoyeur", and "pourovyeur". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pourvoyeur, spelled P-O-U-R-V-O-Y-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui pourvoit, qui procure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Celles qui envisagent de poursuivre des études supérieures savent qu'elles devront partir – au moins temporairement –, s'éloigner du domicile familial, sans avoir l'assurance d'y revenir tant les zones rurales sont peu pourvoyeuses de postes à haute qualification.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opurvoyeur
  • poruvoyeur
  • pourovyeur
  • pourrvoyeur
  • pourvoeyur
  • pourvoyeru
  • pourvoyeurr
  • pourvoyuer
  • pourvoyyeur
  • pourvvoyeur
  • pourvyoeur
  • pouvroyeur
  • ppourvoyeur
  • puorvoyeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pourvoyeur - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

opurvoyeur2poruvoyeur2pourovyeur2pourrvoyeur1pourvoeyur2pourvoyeru2pourvoyeurr1pourvoyuer2
Edit distance from "pourvoyeur"

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 "pourvoyeur"?
"pourvoyeur" is spelled P-O-U-R-V-O-Y-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \puʁ.vwa.jœʁ\.
What does "pourvoyeur" mean?
As an adjective, "pourvoyeur" means: Ce qui pourvoit, qui procure.
What are common misspellings of "pourvoyeur"?
Common misspellings include "opurvoyeur", "poruvoyeur", "pourovyeur", "pourrvoyeur", "pourvoeyur". The correct spelling is "pourvoyeur".
How do you pronounce "pourvoyeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pourvoyeur" is \puʁ.vwa.jœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

népotisme14 variantsrevinrent14 variantsréclamées14 variantsréservait14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list