pousse-au-crime
\pu.so.kʁim\
The verdict
“pousse-au-crime” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui incite à faire quelque chose qu’on ne doit pas faire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pousse-au-crime · pousse-au-crime · French
pousse-au-crime · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | pousse-au-crime |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pu.so.kʁim\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pousse-au-crime » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pousse-au-crime is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pu.so.kʁim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui incite à faire quelque chose qu’on ne doit pas faire.".
No misspelling variants are generated for pousse-au-crime in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pousse-au-crime, spelled P-O-U-S-S-E---A-U---C-R-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1Qui incite à faire quelque chose qu’on ne doit pas faire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pousse-au-crime appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Que ces éminences méditent ensemble les évolutions planétaires est légitime – mais là où le bât blesse, c'est que « l'homme de Davos » couvre, dès la décennie 2000, les pratiques d'une « finance pousse-au-crime » ; et rejette avec horreur l’idée même d’une « face noire de la mondialisation ».
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.